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“I felt very detached,” says new mother who struggled with perinatal depression

“I felt very detached,” says new mother who struggled with perinatal depression

by Heena Srivastava and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living

WASHINGTON –– Gail Sasse gave birth to her son, Joey, in late February, but she didn’t feel close to the baby until recently. Joey spent the first days of his life in the NICU after he began experiencing tremors — a symptom of neonatal abstinence syndrome. He...

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