Conclusions
We found that perinatal depression influences the following aspects of labor-associated fear: the child’s health and life, the maternal role performance, the postnatal period, and one’s own health and life. The fear in those dimensions is higher in women who after delivery manifest low or high depression levels. Perinatal depression modulates emotional attachment to the child in the context of the undertaking of the parental role, subordination to the interests of the child, and the overall level of emotional attachment. The level of emotional attachment is the lowest in women with a high-risk pregnancy who show high levels of depression