I suffered severe depression after my son was born but it was all due to his having been born premature. I felt it was my fault somehow that he was born too early, that I didn't do something or eat something right. My husband at the time wasn't very supportive either. He reinforced the guilty feelings and then demanded that we take care of our baby when he came home exactly how the hospital staff told us completely ignoring my instincts as a mother. It was a very difficult time in my life. If medication can help then I am all for it.