>In general, a mother suffering from >depression is going to pump more harmful chemicals into her child--born or >unborn--than any danger hypericum might cause. Would you care to provide some references for this statement? Exactly what do you mean? This sounds like the old "If a pregnant woman is frightened by an elephant during pregnancy, the baby will be born looking like an elephant." Or "If the mother eats too many strawberries during pregnancy, the baby will be born with a birth mark that looks like a strawberry." Women tend to become >depressed during and after pregnancy more often than at other times. What about this statement. Is this true? Is it true only for women in the US who don't have support systems and don't breastfeed, or is it true of all women everywhere? >>And since what the mother feels the unborn child feels Again, I find this *extremely* difficult to accept. As far as I know there is no evidence to suggest that feelings can be transmitted from the mother to the child in utero. References please? Sign me, the Skeptical Inquirer