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Leaflet 7 - Postnatal depression (PND)
Date: 01 April 2009
Postnatal depression
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Postnatal depression is very common. It affects at least one new mother in six. It can emerge at any time in the first year after your baby’s birth, but seems to be more common when your baby is between four and six months old. Postnatal depression can happen whatever your family circumstances and whether or not the baby is your first.
If you are suffering from postnatal depression, it is really important that you know your rights. For example, you have the right to keep your job at the end of your maternity leave even if you are ill and so cannot actually go back to work. Alternatively, you do not have to go back to work if you feel that you can't cope.
This leaflet tells you a little bit about the symptoms of postnatal depression and then goes on to tell you about your rights to money, leave and pay.
Maternity and parental rights - postnatal depression (Leaflet 7) was correct at date of publication April 2009.
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