Serayu Depress

‘Baby blues’ believed to be cause of Cilacap mother's suicide

She was a of a 32-year-old mother.

She was identified as as SP

They are her authorities and relatives of her.

She took her own life by jumping off a bridge with her toddler son above the Serayu River.

Postpartum depression may have been the reason behind the suicide.
They are personnel from the Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) 

They found the body of the woman - who

The woman was reportedly jumped from a bridge.

The agency previously received reports from locals about the alleged suicide.

“The body bears a resemblance to the woman  - who

She was reportedly jumped off the bridge with her son,”.
As of Saturday, authorities had yet to find the body of the toddler.

the search and rescue personnel had continued the operation to locate and recover the child’s body.

SP had allegedly committed suicide due to postpartum depression,

according to a statement from a doctor from the Maos community health center. 


SP’s parent, Kustiono, 60, echoed the police’s statement, - saying

the woman had suffered from postpartum depression after giving birth to her second child

and having difficulty breastfeeding her child.

“She had received treatment.

In the last two or three months, she could breastfeed her child.

Previously, she was reluctant to be near her child.


Kustiono account was echoed by Ikhsan Juwadi,

 the head of the neighborhood unit where SP lived. 

“After giving birth to her second child,

she rarely left her home and met with other residents.

She looked confused whenever others spoke to her.”
The number of diagnosed cases of postnatal depression remains the tip of an iceberg in Indonesia, - as

it is often not considered a serious mental health condition.

Many believe that childbirth brings only joy,
overlooking that mothers who have recently given birth - can also

they can also suffer from fear and depression triggered by the experience. (kuk)