In a study conducted by Franko et al., 2001, 6.1% of the newborns in their group, whose mothers were experiencing an eating disorder at the time of their pregnancy, had reported a birth defect. This rate is higher than the number of the general population rate of 2.5% of first infants and 2.1% of second infants (Lie, Wilcox, &Skjaerven, 1994). An important finding in this particular study was the increased incidence of postpartum depression in a woman with an eating disorder. The general population rate of postpartum depression is approximately 13% (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005; Clemmens, Driscoll, &Beck 2004).According to their study, the group of women with an eating disorder reported postpartum depression at a rate of 34.7%