The emotions experienced by a new mother can be complicated. Postnatal, or postpartum, depression affects about 13 per cent of all new mothers. According to the Institute of Psychiatry in London it also affects around seven per cent of fathers who, while not suffering from the raging hormones of a new mother, can experience feelings of anxiety and panic.
Imizwa etholwa ngumama omusha ingaba nzima. Ukucindezeleka kwangemuva kokubeletha, ingcindezi kuthinta cishe amaphesenti ayi-13 wabo bonke omama abasha. Ngokusho kwe-Institute of Psychiatry eLondon kuphinda kuthinte cishe amaphesenti ayisikhombisa obaba okuthi, ngenkathi bengahlushwa amahomoni  amandla kamama omusha, bezwe imizwa yokukhathazeka nokwethuka.