Postpartum women should understand that they might undergo transient emotions without an identifiable reason, but should still be able to function (Davidson et al., 2020). Moreover, common symptoms include sensations of irritability, being overwhelmed, fatigue, hypersensitivity, rapid mood shifts, insomnia, anxiety, and episodic tearfulness (Davidson et al., 2020). Diagnosing postpartum blues can prove challenging due to its lack of recognition as a diagnostic entity and the overlap of symptoms with postpartum depression (Viguera, 2023). Nevertheless, postpartum blues and postpartum depression are distinguished in that the diagnosis of postpartum depression requires specific criteria (Viguera, 2023). Postpartum depression necessitates the presence of a minimum of five symptoms persisting longer than 14 days, whereas postpartum blues does not have a set minimum amount and is self-limited (Viguera, 2023). Thus, postpartum depression may be considered if the patient does not meet the criteria for postpartum
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