The postpartum phase has long been recognized as a time when mood and anxiety problems are more likely to appear, intensify, or recur. In reality, certain anxiety is adaptive in terms of safeguarding the baby from injury. This anxiety is usually just temporary, and it does not affect everyday functioning or a mother's capacity to care for her child. Other women, on the other hand, have more severe signs of postpartum OCD, which may be debilitating and interfere with everyday life.