Postpartum Anxiety does not necessarily start right after delivery. It can start before – during pregnancy or months later, as it does for some women. It can be serious if it is indeed clinical depression and goes untreated for a length of time. The consequences will vary from person to person, however none are positive and may affect the baby as well. So please don’t make yourself more stressed and worried by reading other people’s experiences and advice – whenever I’ve done that it’s only made me worry more. And that resulting worry turned out to be totally unnecessary and preventable from simply going to speak with a doctor instead of consulting the internet.