Do I carry the PPMD gene?  Did I pass the gene onto my babies?  By the time my 13 and 10 year old daughter have children will they be tested for the PPMD gene?  Could I have passed the gene onto my son who may pass the gene onto his daughters if he has any?

And then, if I knew I carried the PPMD would that have changed the outcome?  I didn't have many symptoms when my first daughter was born.  By my third it was debilitating - so if I had carried "the gene" the outcome was different three different times.

What about women who don't carry the gene?  Could they still get PPMD?

So many questions - yet maybe we are finally going to get some answers.  There's exciting news in the world of research surrounding Postpartum Mood Disorder - John Hopkins

Dr. Karen Schwarts and Dr. Jen Payne have been talking about genes that turns on or off by estrogen.  Women's  tied to actual hormone levels so much as to changes in those hormone levels.”

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It took me years to discover that I am extremely sensitive to shifts in my hormone levels.    Some doctors believe that there may be gene