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
LaurenLAWR-ənEnglish
JozefaYO-ze-faw (Hungarian)Hungarian, Slovene
HÁLfdan-Ancient Scandinavian
GuusKHUYSDutch
Lina (2)-English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Croatian
MÓIrÍN-Irish