Today we discuss the problem of postpartum depression. Every pregnant woman thinks she is safely avoid this disease, but many young mothers do not know firsthand about this very depressed, which in the worst cases can last for years. You can find and read a lot of medical and popular literature on postpartum depression, which often is treated as a medical problem. Nevertheless, the appearance of unpleasant illness always, there are two factors. First, of course, biological – immediately after giving birth in a woman's body begins global hormonal changes, drastically reduced secretion of hormones associated with pregnancy, as sharply increased production of hormones necessary for successful lactation, giving the possibility of breastfeeding, the body displays a large amount of fluid, changing sleep and wakefulness, increased appetite … One would think that such powerful changes in a woman's body inevitably must lead to emotional disorders. However, postpartum depression does not happen all the young mothers. So why do some women to be unstable to an abrupt change of the body, while others are resistant? It just affects the action of the second factor – emotional and psychological. Modern scientific research in the field of psychology of motherhood suggest that postpartum depression prone women whose expectations of motherhood were too far from reality. In this case we have value of several key moments in the lives of women: expectations directly related to the child, waiting women associated with family (husband, your parents, in-laws), child care, willingness to take responsibility for a newborn, personal maturity, a young mother.