Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act Passes House Last Night
The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act was voted on andPASSED as amended last night in the US House of Representatives. You heard me right. Wahoo! Here you go with the details. It passed with 391 votes for, 8 against, and 32 abstentions. Now on to the Senate. We may...Mothers of Multiples Have Almost Twice the Risk of Postpartum Depression
A study came out yesterday confirming that women who have multiples are at a higher risk for postpartum depression. This new study, conducted at Johns Hopkins and appearing in the journal Pediatrics, found that these mothers are actually have a 43% higher risk. What...Two New Books on PPD & Postpartum Psychosis
Lisa Belkin of the New York Times' Motherlode blog weighs in on Heather Armstrong's new book "It Sucked and Then I Cried" about her experience with postpartum depression. Check it out. And Lauren at Sharing the Journey talks about Teresa Twomey's...Carol Blocker Continues to Push for Postpartum Depression Screening & Education
Carol Blocker, mother of Melanie Blocker Stokes, for whom the MOTHERS Act is named, wroteyesterday to the Chicago Sun-Times asking why more hasn't been done in her own state to get increased funding and services for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders....
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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.