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Postpartum Depression on iVillage: How They Got Help & Why You Should Too

By Katherine Stone August 3, 2011

This has been a very exciting few days for spreading the word about postpartum depression. We saw Heidi Koss on NPR, my online interview with More magazine came out last Friday, and … today iVillage is featuring an iVoice video that includes me and two other Warrior Moms: the lovely Joey Fortman and Stephanie Stearns Dulli, who are both regular iVoices and have been participants in Postpartum Progress’ Mother’s Day Rally on Moms’ Mental Health. I’m so happy to join them to reach the massive iVillage audience and share our stories of postpartum depression and hopefully make other new moms feel less alone. Thanks to Kelly Wallace for supporting this!

Go watch the iVoices iVillage video on postpartum depression – or watch it here below — and let me know what you think, ladies!! (give it a second to load, and then there’ll be a short add before it starts, FYI) Please give your support to Stephanie and Joey, both of whom are still SO CLOSE to this illness and did such an amazing job — we all know how long it gets to get over this and how hard it can be to talk about it.

August 3, 2011 9:25 am Filed Under: Postpartum Depression, Video

Is Therapy for Postpartum Depression A Crutch?

By Katherine Stone July 21, 2011

Is psychotherapy a crutch?

I say hell no!

Really. That’s what I said, at WEGO TV. Check out the video: Is Psychotherapy A Crutch?

July 21, 2011 11:24 am Filed Under: Video

Welcome to the Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health

By Katherine Stone May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day and welcome to the 3rd Annual Mother's Day Rally for Moms' Mental Health at Postpartum Progress!! Here's a little explaining what's going on here today:

You will see this message at the top of the blog all day today, just so that new visitors are aware of what we are doing. If you're looking for the letters, just scroll down and you'll find them, 24 in all! So glad you are here! I hope you find support, inspiration, encouragement and love in these words.

Oh, and if you'd like to support our work, PLEASE make a donation to our nonprofit. We need your help so we can do so much more! Donations can be made here: http://postpartumprogress.org/donate-postpartum-depression-2/

– Katherine

May 8, 2011 12:01 am Filed Under: Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, Video

The Trauma of Postpartum Depression & Anxiety (Video)

By Katherine Stone April 27, 2011

I’ve been meaning to put more videos together for y’all, and so yesterday I sat and had a little chat with my Flip Video Camera. These videos are very short and basic. Nothing fancy, no fades or titles or scripts or anything else. Imagine you and I are sitting on your couch in your living room having a conversation. I just want you to have a few things you can look at when you need a friend, or when it’s 2am and you have no one to talk to and you need some encouragement. You may have to turn the sound up a bit, because I think I wasn’t speaking loudly enough. Also, sorry for all the squinting, but it was very sunny out yesterday.

Let me know what you think, and also if there are certain topics you’d like me to chat with you about via video.

(Please give a minute for it to load. Or if you’d rather, you can watch it directly over on YouTube.)

The Trauma of Postpartum Depression & Anxiety

April 27, 2011 12:02 pm Filed Under: Video

Having A Child After Postpartum Depression: A Short Film

By Katherine Stone April 25, 2011

The following is a 5-minute film about my experience with postpartum OCD, featuring interviews with both myself and my husband, and my experience having a second child after recovering. (One thing — it says I didn’t feel better until 2 years postpartum, but it was actually 1 year.)

Many of you asking me whether you should have a baby after having postpartum depression. There’s no right answer. But I want you to see what happened in my case, as an example of a happy ending.

Hope you like it. I’m so pleased to have worked with the amazing team at ShareWIK again on this video. They do such an amazing job of putting together stories about health, and I’m honored to work with them. ALSO, so very proud of my husband!!

(Note: If the screen is too small, you can hope over to ShareWIK & watch it there to see the full screen.)

April 25, 2011 9:15 am Filed Under: Postpartum OCD, Video

Dads’ Website Features Video on Postpartum Depression

By Katherine Stone June 26, 2010

You've gotta love these dads from Dad Labs who were willing to devote attention to postpartum depression on their site by interviewing a professional and featuringa video on the topic. Good jobguys!

June 26, 2010 10:18 am Filed Under: Help for Fathers, Video

ShareWIK Features Postpartum Depression This Week (Gr8 Videos!)

By Katherine Stone June 8, 2010

ShareWIK has now kicked off a week of focusing on postpartum depression, featuring videos from Amber Koter of Beyond Postpartum, Dr. Kathleen Franco from the Cleveland Clinic, and … well … me. I think the videos turned out great. (I know she'll probably kill me, but isn't Amber just ADORABLE inher video?!!?!?! Completely endearing and she does a great job of telling her story.)

I hope you'll go checkthem allout. Thanks so much to Diane Keough and Matt Clement for recognizing PPD as an important health issue and putting this information together. They did an awesome job!

June 8, 2010 8:30 am Filed Under: Postpartum Depression, Video

Postpartum Progress’ YouTube Channel

By Katherine Stone May 24, 2010

On Sunday I posted the first contribution from a survivor to the One Thing video series, where moms who have been through everything from antenatal depression to postpartum psychosis can share with readers the one thing they want them to know about getting through these illnesses. I wanted to let you know that Postpartum Progress has a YouTube channel now, so you can access the videos whenever you like.

And if you are a survivor, please be sure to send in a video! Send to stonecallis@msn.com.

May 24, 2010 10:25 am Filed Under: Video

One Thing You Should Know About Postpartum Depression: Amanda

By Katherine Stone May 23, 2010

Amanda from Down Under has submitted our first (well, second if you count this one) One Thing video. Thank you so much! (Don't you just love her accent? I could listen to her talk ALL DAY.)

I'm very pleased to have her here sharing her thoughts about getting through postpartum depression. Please watch below. And sorry that it's a little blurry but for some reason I can't get it to work any better than that.

If you are a survivor of a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder and would like to share your One Thing with the readers of Postpartum Progress, please email me at stonecallis@msn.com.

May 23, 2010 2:26 pm Filed Under: Video, Warrior Moms

If You Were Just A Little Stronger, Could You Get Over Postpartum Depression?

By Katherine Stone May 19, 2010

I hear from so many women who think that if they could just do more they would be able to get better from postpartum depression … as if it is some personal failing that they even have postpartum depression or anxiety or postpartum psychosis. If they were just stronger then this wouldn’t be an issue. If they worked out harder or were a better mother or [fill in the blank here], they could get through this on their own.

I’m calling BS on that.