A common name for a mild form of depression that sometimes occurs in women after childbirth. Baby blues almost always disappears without treatment but can occasionally develop into a more serious depressive illness (see postnatal depression).
(postpartum blues) a colloquial name for the brief episodes of low mood, tearfulness, poor sleep, and irritability that affect up to half of all women during the first week after delivery. Reassurance and support are the mainstay of management. Compare postnatal depression; puerperal psychosis.
the distinctive appearance of a newborn baby that is covered in a shiny membrane, resembling plastic wrap. This is usually the presentation of an underlying chronic skin disorders such as *ichthyosis, although about 10% of colloidian babies have normal underlying skin.... colloidian baby
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