Women who give birth in winter or spring are less likely than women who deliver in the fall or summer to suffer from postpartum depression suggests a study. The protective mechanism seen for women delivering in winter and spring may be attributed to the seasonal enjoyment of indoor activities mothers experience with newborns the researchers said. Further the findings showed that women who delivered babies at a higher gestational age (along within their pregnancy) were less likely to develop postpartum depression. Conversely women who did not have anaesthesia may have been at an increased risk of postpartum depression. It is
