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It is not likely that reduced light exposure, alone, could explain why a postpartum mother develops the blues or more serious depression.
In this postpartum sample, the responsibilities and lifestyle changes of caring for a new infant did not affect the mother's normal propensity to expose herself to light, whether outdoors, in areas of her home that receive natural light through windows, or under artificial lighting of an indoor environment.
Circadian rhythms in postpartum women are likely to suffer disturbances secondary to significant changes in estrogen and progesterone, which have been shown to advance and delay rhythms, respectively [ 30 ] , and it is plausible that bright light can help alleviate this.
Comparison was made by a t-test to see if there was any significant difference in illumination between postpartum women and the control sample.
In light of the observations that many affective disorders can be explained by phase-shifts in circadian rhythms that are correctable by light therapy [ 29 ] , women with postpartum depression may benefit from critically-timed bright light regardless of their baseline level of light exposure.