There has been a lot written on Lacnet recently about fish oil supplements, but another excellent way of helping new moms with PPD is to teach them the 5 S's. PPD is complex and certainly is in large part hormonally based, but I have had a few moms whose severe depressions were exacerbated by their feeling exhausted and demoralized because of their babies' poor sleep routine and prolonged crying. Just helping their babies sleep an extra 1-2 hours /night and helping them feel skilled at calming their crying pulled them from deep depression back into balance...in a matter of 2-3 days. Harvey Karp *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html