Assisted reproductive technologies could be associated with higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with postpartum major depression.

Authors :: Gressier F
Mezzacappa A
Glangeaud-Freudenthal N
Falissard B
Corruble E
Sutter-Dallay AL
Source :: Archives of women's mental health [Arch Womens Ment Health] 2024 Oct; Vol. 27 (5), pp. 859-862. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 13.
Publication Year :: 2024
Abstract: No increased risk of postpartum major depression (PPMD) was reported in women conceiving through assisted reproductive technologies (ART). However, ART may be associated with a higher risk of parenting difficulties in women with PPMD. In 359 women with a PPMD admitted to a Mother-Baby Unit (MBU), ART-women (4.2%) showed a 5-fold higher rate of parenting difficulties than those with spontaneous pregnancy (73.33% vs. 35.17%, multivariate ORa = 5.09 [1.48-17.48] p = 0.01). Specific support for mother-child relationship should be implemented in ART-women with PPMD.<br /> (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.)

Subjects :: Humans
Female
Adult
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Mothers psychology
Postpartum Period psychology
Depression, Postpartum psychology
Depression, Postpartum epidemiology
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted psychology
Parenting psychology
Depressive Disorder, Major psychology
Depressive Disorder, Major epidemiology
Mother-Child Relations

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