Mothers are Experiencing Severe Anxiety in the Perinatal Period

At the University of British Columbia, researcher Nichole Fairbrother studied over 300 mothers in Vancouver to assess their mental health throughout pregnancy and after birth. She found some interesting results. These results are what I would have hypothesized as well (& I would like to see more research on a larger scale like this in the future).
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​The study found that many more mamas had anxiety-type symptoms than those who showed depressive symptoms. 

Anxiety

• 16% of pregnant mamas
• 17% of postpartum mamas

Depression
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• 4% of pregnant mamas
• 5% of postpartum mamas

Fairbrother says the focus on postpartum depression is good, but more attention needs to be paid to anxiety.
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"Pregnant women and postpartum women who are suffering from an anxiety disorder may not be getting the screening or assessment or treatment that they need because we aren't thinking to ask about these kinds of concerns because we're so focused on depression" 

Read more about the UBC Study from CBC News or by reading the study.