Infant sex, family support and postpartum depression in a Chinese cohort

Abstract

Increased risk of PPD in Chinese women who gave birth to a female infant can be explained to large extent by inadequate or poor postpartum support from family members, particularly husband and parents.

Postpartum Depression in North Indian Women: Prevalence and Risk Factors

“…Henceforth, it is considered as a significant factor for PPD in a developing country like India. Another reason for higher PPD in women who gave birth to female infants could be due to lower post natal family support [21]. While confirming the role of established risk factors like low socio-economic status, adverse life events, and negative influences of desire for a male child, we did not find any positive influence of extended families as cited by few authors [11,21].…”

“…Another reason for higher PPD in women who gave birth to female infants could be due to lower post natal family support [21]. While confirming the role of established risk factors like low socio-economic status, adverse life events, and negative influences of desire for a male child, we did not find any positive influence of extended families as cited by few authors [11,21]. This can be explained by the fact that females have more personal freedom and autonomy in a nuclear family and thus, tend to be less stressed than those who have the same level of responsibilities but little power to exercise these responsibilities like in joint families.…”

Magnitude and risk factors for postpartum symptoms: A literature review

“…In developing countries, contradictory findings related to obstetric and pediatric factors were reported only for mode of delivery (Alami et al, 2006;Yagmur and Ulukoca, 2010;Ahmed et al, 2012;Barbadoro et al, 2012), parity (Abiodun, 2006;Alami et al, 2006;Ayvaz et al, 2006;Csatordai et al, 2007;Ho-Yen et al, 2007;Xie et al, 2007;Yagmur and Ulukoca, 2010;Goker et al, 2012;Ozdemir et al, 2014) and sex of baby (Ayvaz et al, 2006;Moraes et al, 2006;Nakku et al, 2006;Dindar and Erdogan, 2007;Xie et al, 2007;Ali et al, 2009;Yagmur and Ulukoca, 2010;Xie et al, 2011). The preference to the sex of the baby changes according to culture.…”

Psychometric properties of the revised Malay version Medical Outcome Study Social Support Survey using confirmatory factor analysis among postpartum mothers

“…Mothers in India reported that they received practical support from husbands and other family members but lack of emotional support (Rodrigues et al ., ). Chinese women who gave birth to a female infant as compared to those who gave birth to a male infant received less social support from the husband and parents that in turn contributed to the increased risk of postpartum depression (Xie et al ., ).…”