Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Postpartum depression common and most women are not spoken to about any hormone treatments - yet hormone levels, especially progesterone and estradiol, decline rapidly in the brain and body when a baby is born. As psychiatrist Dr Sue Varma and I discuss on this week’s podcast, it makes sense for hormones to be addressed first so you can see which symptoms improve. Once that foundation is in place, it's much clearer which symptoms are hormonal and which come from sleep deprivation, isolation or relationship strain and need managing separately.
Postpartum depression common and most women are not spoken to about any hormone treatments - yet hormone levels, especially progesterone and estradiol, decline rapidly in the brain and body when a baby is born. As psychiatrist Dr Sue Varma and I discuss on this week’s podcast, it makes sense for hormones to be addressed first so you can see which symptoms improve. Once that foundation is in place, it's much clearer which symptoms are hormonal and which come from sleep deprivation, isolation or relationship strain and need managing separately.
