Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 426-430 , August 2005

Assisted conception is a risk factor for postnatal mood disturbance and early parenting difficulties

  • Jane R.W. Fisher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, School of Population Health
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jane R. W. Fisher, Ph.D., Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3010 (FAX: 61-3-9347-9824
    • ,
  • Karin Hammarberg, M.W.H.

      Affiliations

    • Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, School of Population Health
    • ,
  • H.W. Gordon Baker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    • Melbourne IVF and Reproductive Services, Royal Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Received 5 May 2004 ,Revised 2 February 2005 ,Accepted 2 February 2005.

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 This research was supported by a grant from the Fertility Society of Australia.

PII: S0015-0282(05)00854-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.02.016

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 426-430 , August 2005

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