Many women approach motherhood with a sense of wonderment and cautious optimism.
Some women try to prepare for these new changes by loading up on educational materials, seminars, self-help books or informal dialogues with helpful friends and neighbors. Surely, any new mother would agree that there are countless things to worry about, obsess over or otherwise preoccupy your thoughts. But in the few weeks and months after giving birth, there is one imperative that stands out among the rest. It is absolutely a necessity. The postpartum period is a time in a women's life when she is most vulnerable to emotional illness.