dont we see they need help or they dont let us see?

I really do not believe that any mother in the right state of mind, would be able to kill her own child. I think that this is about post partum depression, a phenomenon that is now finally getting some breaktrough in North America and Europe. but a disease that is still very much stigmatized, and not recognized to the level that it should be. I know two mothers who have had post partum depression, the one of them was diagnosed early and she fortunately is getting a lot of help, and she is under close supervision by the appropriate doctors and authorities. The other mother; however, told me that at the time, she was too ashamed to tell anyone about her feelings, and even when she did disclose some of her inner turmoil to close relatives, they just seemed to disregard it as a temporary thing. She told me it took almost two years to pass the depression, but luckily she did. I think that we often do not want to believe that the women we know, love and care for can have that kind of feeling about their child, and I really think that we need to realize the severity of a disease such as post partum depression. It is not just something that we can expect these mothers to deal with by themselves. They really do need the appropriate treatment such as medication and therapy, but they also need to have a good support network, of people who can step up and say. "Hey let me take the baby for the day, and you go relax." The poorer countries have other priorties than the mental health of new mothers and they rarely have funds to actually do anything to help them, which I think is why there are many cases like this. It is not just the responsibility of the husband to see the signs of post partum depression, it is our responsibility as a society, a community, a family, as friends, co workers, day care workers, nurses, doctors etc. We all have to work together to help out these women, who unfortunately are unable to help themselves, and who do not know, how to get out of the depression.