Pregnancy and early parenting are powerful and life-changing experiences for all parents and parents-to-be. These experiences can stir up some strong, deep and unexpected emotions and issues.

If your partner is pregnant or has had a baby, there might be times when you feel flat, down or irritable. These kinds of changes are common in fathers and all non-birthing parents during pregnancy and early parenting.

But emotional changes that last longer than 2 weeks and get in the way of your daily life could be depression.