Is postpartum depression associated with Delivery?

Postpartum depression has a high prevalence and adversely affecting growth function and the behavior of the infant, and the mother-child relationship mother's health. Postpartum depression is a very complex etiology. One of the variables as a risk factor for postpartum depression is known, the mode of delivery. The purpose of this paper was to explain the relationship between mode of delivery and postpartum depression is a review of relevant studies.

This is a narrative review study, based on information collected from data bases, including: Sid, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct during 2005 and 2016 and published research by searching for keywords: postpartum depression, delivery, cesarean, vaginal delivery.

In some studies have shown that postpartum depression in mothers with vaginal delivery is less than cesarean. While in some studies, the result was the opposite of postpartum depression than women with normal vaginal delivery, cesarean, less has been reported. This is contradictory findings indicate that a significant relationship between mode of delivery and postpartum depression does not exist.

The relationship between mode of delivery and postpartum depression in doubt, and this suggests that this needs further investigation in different societies.