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(Medical-NewsWire.com, April 14, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- According to a new study, postpartum stress can contribute to symptoms that create an obsessive compulsive disorder and behavior pattern.
Shortly after Dr. Dana Gossett gave birth to her first daughter, she started to deal with the continual concern over worst-case scenarios familiar to any mother. One such concern; what if I fall down the stairs whilst carrying my baby?
“It’s not something you intend to do, it’s not something you want to do, but it’s a thought that comes unbidden into your mind," said Gossett, a physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.”
The persistent and systemic worries are at the center of the new study from Northwestern Medicine, which is looking into postpartum mothers. The study has found such women are over four times more likely to grapple with obsessive-compulsive behavior than any other demographic.
“Are they really abnormal or a universal experience for all postpartum mothers?" Gossett said. “We were frankly surprised by the numbers."
Out of several hundred mothers surveyed two-to-six weeks following giving birth, 11% experienced worrying too much about dirt and germs. The study did not look much further into the causes of the elevated anxiety levels, but Gossett offered her best educated guess. “We know that stress of any nature can trigger OCD," Gossett said, referring to obsessive-compulsive disorder. “And we know that child birth and becoming a mother is enormously stressful."
While fears are common and not necessarily bad, Gossett stated that new mothers ought to consider whether or not their concerns are causing “significant emotional distress” and/or interfering with day-to-day actions. For instance, concerns should not be preventing them from leaving the garage to go on errands because they need to check the child's car seat.
The study is the first of its kind according to Northwestern, and could assist in research that looks to determine aspects of postpartum depression in order to better handle its symptoms as systemic of another overlying problem, or a standalone affliction.
“The jury is out," says Gossett, “but it’s a fascinating idea."
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