Hormonal fluctuations post-childbirth have a significant impact on your mood. Most women become moody and overwhelmed after childbirth. If you feel exhausted, do not feel like eating, your mood fluctuates, you become irritable: these are all signs of baby blues which almost all new mothers experience.  In postpartum Depression, women tend to feel extremely hopeless and sad, they are not able to bond well with the baby and tend to cry often. They also have anxiety and panic attacks.