Giving birth to boy increases chances PND

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Article here

Can't see it myself. There's no biological basis to this statement it seems; it just appears to something which statistics have thrown up..

I have two boys, the first I did have about 3 days of baby blues, that soon went, and I didn't feel at all depressed with them, just every evening I'd have a cry, one night whilst watching something really funny on the telly, I was giggling and crying at the same time!

Second boy, I don't think I have ever felt so happy and well in my whole life, I was on like a natural high for about 3 months, nothing knocked me down.

So I personally think it is a load of tosh!

i have had 2 boys so far, pnd mild first time, horrendous the 2nd time.

Am 32 wks with a DD now and am interested to see if it does indeed make a difference .

i was terribly depressed after ds was born but have no frame of reference!

What a load of rubbish, it all depends on the person, not what sex the baby is!

the more i see things like this the more convinced i am for the need for compulsory statistics boot camps for journalists.

I have 4 girls and have had pnd twice but not a sign of it with ds1

16 mothers with severe depression surveyed
12 had delivered boys

confidence intervals, statistical significance? previous studies?

no need when you can waste taxpayers money turning it into an article

At most this study suggests that it might be worth doing a proper study. Or at least taking a quick look at women diagnosed with PND and whether their babies were male or female. Can't be that hard to do.

I think there is some relevance in this statement, apparantly male babies interact less with their mothers, and give less feedback, causeing more issues with bonding. i remember learning about it years ago while studying for psychology degree.

Ds1 interacts with me most out of all my children

If you tossed a coin 17 times and got 13 heads, would you conclude the coin was biased?

LOL @ witchandchips. What a great example

Upwind, was that the study?! That's absolutely dreadful!
I bet I could find 20 mothers of girls with PND - does that mean having a girl is certain to give you PND? Idiots!

It should be used as an example in maths lessons of what is wrong with this survey!

StealthPolarBear - that is just reading between the lines of the BBC article above. Since we generously fund the BBC, surely it would be possible for them to employ people who have a basic understanding of statistics?

And pay less to big name celebs instead.

I had ds fist had nothing then had dd & had pnd ...

DD interacts with me better than DS used to. DS used to be too busy interacting with other people than to bother with his mother! Suspect this is the way twill always be!

sorry will read the link next time!

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Had horrendous PND with DS1

None whatsoever with DS2.