So I read in the paper this morning that J.Lo just gave birth to twins yesterday and next to the article was a photo of her (obviously taken before her pregnancy), with the caption stating that she's already starting to get back into shape. P-LEEEAASE....

A study by the University of Iowa published in the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology reports that low-income women in Iowa are much more likely to suffer from postpartum depression than wealthier women.

University of Iowa psychologist Lisa Segre and colleagues studied 4,332 new mothers from four Iowa counties. The researchers collected sociodemographic data and the participants completed the Inventory to Diagnose Depression in the late 1990s. The mothers had given birth an average of 4.6 months before the survey.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles...

An article out of Sacramento ran today about Kristina Fuelling, a new mother who allegedly drowned her 8-day-old daughter, Faith. Her stunned friends and older sister were quoted in the story, telling about how blissful Kristina was while she was pregnant -- the picture of a glowing new mom, relishing the experience of baby clothes shopping and choosing the perfect name for her daughter.

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