As the fabulous Postpartum Progress blog has reported... Hospitals in Queens, New York are now doing what it takes to educate expectant and new mothers about postpartum depression (PPD) AND to follow up with them during the postpartum period, after hospital discharge.

What does it take, to launch such a program in a busy, overtaxed hospital setting, you ask? I'll tell you: Just a little cooperation and communication between the powers-that-be in the psychiatric department and the powers-that-be in the neonatal unit. And voila - Preventive care!

Cheers to them for setting an example of what can be accomplished for women and their babies.