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Mom Was Battling Postpartum When She Killed Kids At Mass Home, Reports Say Mom Was Battling Postpartum When She Killed Kids At Mass Home, Reports Say
Mom Was Battling Postpartum When She Killed Kids At Mass Home, Reports Say New details suggest that a woman charged with killing her two young children and injuring a third at their South Shore home this week was allegedly fighting a mental illness that impacts new mothers.  Lindsay Clancy, age 32, was possibly suffering from postpartum psychosis, sources told the WBZ-TV I-Team. The mental illness occurs in approximately .1-.2% of births, according to Postpartum Support International (PSI). The onset of PPD is usually sudden, most often within the first two weeks postpartum, according to the PSI's website. However, symptoms can appear in the first year, with rese…

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by David Cifarelli