Katie Sluiter: On Finding Peace After Postpartum Depression
Dear new mom: Tonight my son and I rocked silently in his room. We didn’t need to rock. He wasn’t upset, and he didn’t need to wind down. I just wanted to rock him. And he let me. I wanted to share a quiet moment with him. And he with me. In the dark room we are one....
Becky Harks: On Not Having To Love Every Second of Motherhood
Dear New Moms, In 2001, I was a freshly-turned-twenty-one-year-old discharged from the hospital with a baby. My baby, I should add, in case you think I’m some kind of baby-stealer. Single-parenthood looming on the horizon, I’d moved back in with my...Grace Parson: On The Transformation From PPD to Joy
Dear New Moms, Welcome to the most paradoxical experience of your life. Exhilarating … Exhausting. Mundane … Surprising. Rewarding … Excruciating. Fun … Boring. Wonderful … Difficult. Motherhood is all these things and so much more. The month of May is a very...Rebecca Odes: On The Stress of New Motherhood
Hey, New Mom. Yes, I’m talking to you. And I’m talking about you, too, not about your baby. I’m here to remind you that You, the woman — the person with needs and wants and feelings — are still in there, even if nobody seems to notice or care. This may or...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.