From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birth, Biologypostnatalpost‧na‧tal /ˌpəʊstˈneɪtl◂ $ ˌpoʊst-/ adjective [only before noun]MBrelating to the time after a baby is bornOPP prenatalpostnatal carepostnatal depression (=an illness in which a woman feels very unhappy and tired after her baby is born)Examples from the Corpuspostnatal• Behavioural problems at 3-4 years of age have also been associated with maternaldepression, both concurrent and postnatal.• Maternity blues linked to plateletreceptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.• It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment.• In the earlyweeks after I had him I suffered from postnatal depression.• This has now been superseded by more postnatalexercises and physiotherapy.• Identicalinjections of mock-transfected COS-7 cells had no effect on mitosis in postnatalopticnerves.• Influence of mesenchyme Data concerning cellular or molecular stimuli that influence postnatalstem cell function invitro, are scant.• Each branchoperates a postnatalsupportnetwork of one-to-onefriendship.postnatal depression• In the early weeks after I had him I suffered from postnatal depression.• Maternity blues linked to platelet receptors TWO-THIRDS of women suffer from postnatal depression, accompanied by crying, confusion and tension.• It may be that you have a form of postnatal depression that needs treatment.