the baby blues



the baby blues

a feeling of sadness that some women experience after they have given birth to a baby According to this article, as many as 60% of women suffer from the baby blues.
See cry like a baby, throw the baby out with the bath water, wet the baby's head
See also: baby, blues

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kirke-Greek Mythology
Ellie['eli]
ElbaEL-bahSpanish
Dominikadaw-mee-NEE-kah (Polish)Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
EmİR-Turkish
Ranj-Indian, Hindi (Anglicized)