by Katherine Stone |
Action Postpartum Psychosis, a UK-based organization formed specifically to raise awareness around postpartum psychosis and support those moms who have it, is now holding weekly twitter chats on Wednesdays. They’ll be online using the Twitterfall service, with... by Katherine Stone |
Where does suicide rank in terms of maternal mortality? How prevalent is postpartum depression, really? The media always said 1 in 10 moms got postpartum depression. Then in the last couple of years we convinced them to switch to 1 in 8. Now, a new study published in... by Katherine Stone |
I’m always happy when I see a post from Warrior Mom Robin Farr, of Farewell Stranger, in my inbox. Today Robin writes about having another child after postpartum depression, and waiting for the other shoe to drop. My second child – my baby after postpartum... by Katherine Stone |
I love this story from Elma Placeres Dieppa about her experience with postpartum depression (PPD). There is certainly a strong stigma against acknowledging and treating mental illness in the Latin community, so I really appreciate her bravery in sharing her story at... by Katherine Stone |
As I shared earlier this week, it is possible that postpartum OCD occurs much more often than originally thought, perhaps in as many as 10% of new moms. Since there’s so much discussion about postpartum OCD in the news, I wanted to make sure we talked a little...