A study conducted in University of Virginia(Eric Swensen,2023) found that The risk for postpartum

depression is highest among first-time mothers, mothers younger than 25 years old and mothers of twins,
according to a survey of more than 1.1 million moms worldwide. Women who had twins were more likely
to report postpartum depression – 11.3% of mothers of twins reported symptoms, compared with 8.3%
of mothers of a single child. This difference was especially pronounced among moms ages 40 and older;
15% of moms in this age group having twins reported postpartum depression symptoms, compared with
6.6% of mothers of one baby. Women older than 40 having twins, the researchers concluded, are at
“markedly high risk” for postpartum depression. Women who have children at a young age, whether
they are mothers of one child or mothers of twins, are more likely to experience postpartum depression
because they are unfamiliar with becoming a mother for the first time.

Among the countries in Asia, Philippines Postpartum depression is rampant on those mother’s who have
a unplanned/unwanted pregnancy Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of the
PhilippinesPhilippine General Hospital (Mindy Santiago,2020). The late Senator Miriam Defensor-
Santiago authored the Postpartum Depression Research Act in 2007, for the 13th Congress2. This act
aimed to provide research on understanding the causes of, and to find a cure for, postpartum
depression and psychosis.