Fighting through a miscarriage a couple of years earlier, my mother was experiencing mixed emotions. I was a senior in high school at the time, so the news was neutral to me, as I had been the only child for eighteen years. I didn't know whether to rejoice or complain because I was leaving for college soon. My brother was born about two weeks before my high school graduation, and I have to say it was a very intense and complicated birth given that my mother was almost forty years old and giving birth to her second child. My mother was diagnosed with postpartum depression (PPD), also called postpartum depression. This is a type of clinical depression that can affect women after giving birth. The cause of PPD is not well understood, but hormonal changes, genetic factors, and major life events have been suggested as potential causes. Maternal depression has been shown to affect the mother's interaction with her child, so the doctor deemed further treatment necessary. Many women recover with treatments such as a support group, counseling or