Failure to thrive in the term and preterm infants of mothers depressed in the postnatal period: a population‐based birth cohort study

Abstract

Preterm births are specifically associated with high maternal depression scores in the postpartum period, and with a higher prevalence of failure to thrive. High depression scores in the postpartum period are not themselves associated with a higher prevalence of failure to thrive, however, either in infants born at term or in those born preterm.