Feeling flat, guilty, or disconnected since your baby arrived? A 22-question self-reflection across the domains behind the EPDS, the clinical standard for postpartum mood screening. A self-reflection tool, not a diagnosis.
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Postpartum mood clinical domain structure (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Cox, Holden & Sagovsky 1987) · Original 22 items grounded in the EPDS domain structure, not the EPDS itself — we do not administer or reproduce that instrument.
No. This is a free, self-reflection tool, not a clinical diagnosis. It cannot tell you whether you have postpartum depression in a medical sense — only a licensed professional can make that kind of assessment. What it can do is give you a plain-language snapshot across eight domains grounded in the EPDS's clinical framework, which can be a useful starting point for a conversation with your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist.
Baby blues are very common, affecting most new parents in the first couple of weeks, and usually resolve on their own as hormones and sleep stabilize. Postpartum depression tends to last longer than two weeks, feels heavier than ordinary exhaustion, and can include persistent guilt, flatness, or disconnection from your baby or yourself. If low mood, anxiety, or overwhelm are still there after two weeks, or feel severe from the start, it's worth talking to a professional rather than waiting to see if it passes.
Start by treating your results as information, not a verdict. A good next step is talking to your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist experienced with postpartum mental health — they're used to this conversation and can offer a proper evaluation. Postpartum depression is very treatable, with options including therapy, support groups, and medication when appropriate. If you're ever having thoughts of harming yourself, please tell someone today: call or text 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact your local emergency services.
No. Postpartum depression is a common, treatable medical condition shaped by hormonal shifts, sleep deprivation, and the enormous adjustment of new parenthood, not a reflection of how much you love your baby or how capable a parent you are. Many parents who go on to feel completely differently once treated described feeling exactly this way beforehand. Struggling right now doesn't erase how much you care.
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Feeling flat, guilty, or disconnected since your baby arrived? A 22-question self-reflection across the domains behind the EPDS, the clinical standard for postpartum mood screening. A self-reflection tool, not a diagnosis.
This check-in looks at postpartum mood through eight domains: anhedonia (whether things you used to enjoy still feel enjoyable), guilt and self-blame, anxiety and worry, sleep disturbance beyond what a newborn alone would explain, overwhelm and coping capacity, low mood and sadness, a sense of disconnection from your pre-baby identity, and, because it matters enough to ask about directly, thoughts of self-harm. That last domain mirrors a deliberate feature of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the clinical reference standard for postpartum screening: a validated instrument doesn't treat self-harm ideation as too sensitive to ask about, it asks plainly and takes the answer seriously.
Feeling exhausted, weepy, or overwhelmed in the first couple of weeks after birth, often called the baby blues, is extremely common and usually passes on its own as hormones settle and sleep improves. Postpartum depression is different: it tends to last longer than two weeks, feels heavier than tiredness, and can include a persistent flatness, guilt that won't lift, or a sense of being disconnected from your baby or yourself. The DSM-5 uses a 'peripartum onset' specifier for a depressive episode that begins during pregnancy or within four weeks of delivery, though in practice postpartum mood changes are recognized well beyond that narrow window, sometimes emerging months later.
This check-in is a self-reflection tool, not a diagnostic instrument, and it does not replace an evaluation by a licensed professional. It draws on the clinical domain structure behind the EPDS (Cox, Holden & Sagovsky, 1987) without reproducing its exact wording, adapted here into a plain-language self-check for a general audience. If your results suggest your mood, sleep, or sense of connection have been genuinely struggling, your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist experienced with postpartum mental health is a reasonable next step, and if you're ever having thoughts of harming yourself, that's worth telling someone today, not waiting on.
See whether things that used to bring you pleasure still do, or whether motherhood has flattened that response more than expected.
Get a read on guilt and self-blame — how much you've been carrying feelings of failing as a parent that go beyond ordinary new-parent doubt.
Understand your sleep disturbance — whether your sleep struggles go beyond what a newborn's schedule alone would explain.
Get a sense of overwhelm and coping — how much daily demands have started to feel unmanageable rather than just tiring.
See how connected you still feel to who you were before the baby, and whether that identity shift feels disorienting.
Walk away with a plain-language summary across all eight domains, including the self-harm domain — useful as a starting point for a conversation with your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist.
Things that used to bring me joy, a favorite show, a good meal, time with friends, just don't feel the same since having my baby.
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Feeling flat, guilty, or disconnected since your baby arrived? A 22-question self-reflection across the domains behind the EPDS, the clinical standard for postpartum mood screening. A self-reflection tool, not a diagnosis.
No signup needed — your result appears instantly.
Postpartum mood clinical domain structure (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Cox, Holden & Sagovsky 1987) · Original 22 items grounded in the EPDS domain structure, not the EPDS itself — we do not administer or reproduce that instrument.
No. This is a free, self-reflection tool, not a clinical diagnosis. It cannot tell you whether you have postpartum depression in a medical sense — only a licensed professional can make that kind of assessment. What it can do is give you a plain-language snapshot across eight domains grounded in the EPDS's clinical framework, which can be a useful starting point for a conversation with your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist.
Baby blues are very common, affecting most new parents in the first couple of weeks, and usually resolve on their own as hormones and sleep stabilize. Postpartum depression tends to last longer than two weeks, feels heavier than ordinary exhaustion, and can include persistent guilt, flatness, or disconnection from your baby or yourself. If low mood, anxiety, or overwhelm are still there after two weeks, or feel severe from the start, it's worth talking to a professional rather than waiting to see if it passes.
Start by treating your results as information, not a verdict. A good next step is talking to your OB-GYN, midwife, or a therapist experienced with postpartum mental health — they're used to this conversation and can offer a proper evaluation. Postpartum depression is very treatable, with options including therapy, support groups, and medication when appropriate. If you're ever having thoughts of harming yourself, please tell someone today: call or text 988 (US Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact your local emergency services.
No. Postpartum depression is a common, treatable medical condition shaped by hormonal shifts, sleep deprivation, and the enormous adjustment of new parenthood, not a reflection of how much you love your baby or how capable a parent you are. Many parents who go on to feel completely differently once treated described feeling exactly this way beforehand. Struggling right now doesn't erase how much you care.
