Parenting It wasn’t complicated advice — just one sentence left unsaid. by Dara Katz 22 minutes ago Postpartum depression (PPD) is just the baby blues, a short-lived internal firestorm of hormones after childbirth, right? And hormones are just punchlines in late-night sitcoms. So what’s the big deal? Two years after having my second child, I’m still looking in the rearview mirror — sitting on the couch, freshly molten and raw, holding a newborn — and processing. Slowly.