Here's the latest article from the Special Needs Children site at BellaOnline.com.
Mental Wellness in Pregnancy and Motherhood
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art170925.asp
Women who are pregnant and new mothers of babies may experience anxiety, depression or even post traumatic stress symptoms with a difficult birth, due to prenatal diagnosis of medical challenges, or while adjusting to news of a birth injury, childhood disability, or developmental delay.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art170925.asp
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