Women suffering from mental health issues like depression mania and schizophrenia after the birth of their first child are less likely to have more children suggests a new study. The first study to investigate this in a large nationwide population was published in the journal Human Reproduction. The study found that 69 per cent of women who experienced postpartum psychiatric disorders within the first six months after the birth of their first baby went on to have further children; this contrasts with 82 percent of mothers who did not experience psychiatric problems. However Dr Xiaoqin Liu a post-doctoral researcher at