Here is a mom who needs your support. Go to her blog and let her know she's not alone.
And here's another mom who waited quite a long time to get help for PPD, but wishes she had reached out earlier. I love this message at the end of her post:
"I go back to my doctor tomorrow. I can't wait for him to see how much better I feel. I am enjoying myself for the first time since Panda Girl was born. I am able to see humor in everyday life again. Each setback is not the end of the world. The sky is no longer falling. My only regret is that I suffered for so long. Truly it took about a year of misery for me to give up and seek help. If I can reach only one person who is soldiering through in silence and convince her to get help, then I will feel as if my pain has not been in vain."
Dear reader, could she be talking to you?
Thank you so much for this website, and especially for this call-for-support for this fellow survivor along side the admission of another mother that she suffered for over a year. I really identified with her post and it helps me so much to know I'm not alone. I sometimes feel absolutely "worse" than anyone else because my baby is 8 months old, and I remember the "harder times" when she was younger. The weird thing is, she's doing great but I'm doing worse (have been wavering between PPD and post partum psychosis for a few weeks now). But I know there isn't a timed-test on healing. I'm very grateful to you for all this, and for all the professionals out there helping me and women like me.