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The standard six-week checkup happens long before postpartum stress hits its peak.

The MAMMI study from Trinity College Dublin tracked 3,009 first-time mothers through their first year. Researchers found that depressive and stress symptoms were lowest in pregnancy and climbed steadily all the way to 12 months postpartum.

Yet standard clinical checkups end after month one, leaving women to navigate the heaviest months of year one on their own.

If month eight feels harder than month two, your timeline is not broken.

You can bring the MAMMI study research directly to your doctor if you need to ask for support long past six weeks.

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