If you ever feel the urge to occupy yourself entirely with learning about the directionality of stroller wheels, is it an all-wheel-drive baby stroller? Thereβs dense literature on Reddit parenting forums. Youβll come out more educated on strollers, and equally confused about which one to buy.
But thatβs surface-level content. It gets much deeper.
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You might stumble on posts asking whether itβs normal to hear cries that arenβt really there in the middle of the night: phantom cries.
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They used to call it βinsanity of lactation.β Now itβs postpartum psychosis, a rare, severe condition distinct from postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is more common, affecting about one in eight people who give birth. Postpartum psychosis affects roughly one to two per 1,000 births.
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Depression can mean persistent sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion. Psychosis can involve hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized behavior, and it can be intermittent, hidden behind long lucid periods.
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That distinction has become central to the question surrounding Lindsay Clancy: did she have postpartum psychosis, or didnβt she?
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