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[theweaselking]

With a calm and dispassionate voice and a hymn playing in the background, Dena Schlosser confessed to the unthinkable, telling a 911 operator she'd cut off the arms of her baby girl.

Police have charged the 35-year-old mother with capital murder, but declined to reveal where she is being held.

Schlosser, who had a history of postpartum depression, had been investigated on child neglect allegations earlier this year, but Texas Child Protective Services had recently closed a seven-month investigation, concluding that Schlosser did not pose a risk to her children.

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[missysedai.livejournal.com]

O.O

I just read this in today's paper. How horrible.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

I don't get the whole post-partum depression thing and going absolutely batshit crazy toward your children. Quite odd.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I understand it. There was a good long while after Alex was born that I felt completely non-functional. Sleep? Didn't get any. Time away to recharge? Nope. And a lot of days, he needed so much that I couldn't even get a shower until Mark got home from work.

Your hormones are all in flux from pregnancy, and between that and getting used to dealing with something that is 100% dependent on you, 100% of the time...you get a little crazy. (Some women, though, get a LOT crazy.)