Depression During Pregnancy

Thanks to Katherine Cruise for sending me the link to this article in USA Today a few days ago about depression during pregnancy: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-12-depression-pregnancy_x.htm In terms of taking meds during pregnancy, I can only share my...

Welcome to the world Madden!

My baby girl, Madden, was born on Monday, March 6 at 11:04am. She weighed 6 lbs and 5 ounces, and is 19 1/4" long. Her due date was April 4, so it was quite a surprise that she came so early but a happy surprise just the same. I was on the couch, just settling...

Genes and Depression

Here’s some news I saw on msn.com today about women and depression. Note especially the part I highlighted: FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) — Women are more likely than men to inherit major depression from their parents, a U.S. study finds. Researchers...

Survivor Photo Album

One thing I’ve noticed on the talk show coverage of postpartum mood disorders is that they always only show sobbing, desperate mothers. I, of course, have been a sobbing, desperate mother, but now I am a smiling, confident and joyous mother! They never show the...