Fascinating news just in from Englad about some research showing that which side you cradle your baby on may indicate postpartum depression. Here’s a link to the full story from United Press International, and a couple of highlights below:

"The study, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, found that mothers who cradle their baby to the right are more often suffering extreme stress than mothers who cradle to the left.

Nadja Reissland, of Durham University in England, built on previous findings showing the majority of mothers prefer to cradle their baby to the left regardless of whether they are left or right handed …

Eighty-six percent of the mothers who expressed little sign of stress or depression, cradled to the left."

Of course at this point I wouldn’t lend too much credence to this … although I did in fact cradle to the right (I’m left-handed). Hmmmmmm …

P.S. Here’s a link to the same story on Forbes.com, but this one has slightly more info.