Hormone therapy
After delivering a baby, levels if sex hormone progesterone and estrogen drop dramatically. Researchers theorize that this sudden change in hormone may play a role in people developing postpartum depression. This is why hormone therapy might help manage postpartum depression.
Possible side effects if hormone therapy with estrogen include:
- Nausea [2] and vomiting
- weight changes
- Abdominal cramps
- Hair loss
- High blood pressure
- Headaches and migraine
- Vaginal yeast infections
- Edema
- Changes in vaginal discharge
- Enlargement of uterine fibroids