This is a bit of a random one, but I am hoping that if anyone will know it will be someone on here.
I was talking to a friend at toddler group the other day. She bottle fed both her children from birth (and was happy with that decision - what follows isn't linked to issues with breastfeeding at all). She also suffered horrible post natal depression both times.
She said to me she wondered whether there was a link. Her reasoning was basically that, as far as her body was concerned, her baby had died or been taken from her, so the hormones left her body unnaturally fast. She wonders if this 'crash' could be linked to the depression.
I had to admit I had no idea, but I suppose I can see the logic in her hypothesis. I wondered if anyone knew if any research had been done in this area?
[N.B I am not raising this to try to make anyone feel guilty about bottle feeding. As I said, my friend was very happy with her choice. Her point was really that, if it was a risk factor, people should be warned as she thinks she would have recognised the illness quicker if she had been].