Abstract :
When women give birth to a child, after two or three days, the feeling of depression and anxiety begins. She may face sleeping problems, control of emotions, and her feelings about her newborn child. (UNICEF, 2015). The present study was aimed to examine the relationship of postpartum depression, mother child bonding, and marital satisfaction among new mothers. In order to meet the study objective, cross sectional research design was used and participant were approached through purposive sampling technique. The sample of the study consisted of (N=300) mothers who got delivered child 10 to 15 days before. In order to measure postpartum depression, mother child bonding and marital satisfaction these scales were used Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox et al., 1987), Mother-Infants Bonding Scale (Yoshida et al., 2012), ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale (Fowers & Olson, 1933) respectively. The results revealed that postpartum depression have significant negative correlation with mother child bonding and marital satisfaction. The study has important implications for mothers.