Dear New Mom, Six and a half years ago, I was a first-time mom who’d just endured a hellish pregnancy – blood clots in the uterus, broken water at 19 weeks, hospitalized bed rest, and a premature birth at 28 weeks. My daughter came home from the...
Dear Mothers, When I experienced postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, and the intrusive thoughts associated with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder three years ago, I felt defeated at times. Recovery was a battle. But fortunately, I won that battle, and I...
Dear Lady New Mama Superstar, “Writing a letter, to make you feel better…” I swear this is what the headphones on my ears, playing the Hollies (60s SoCal surf rock, like the Beach Boys, but weirder), just sang to me. Listen to the nice hippies, new...
Dear Mama, If I could tell you one thing today, it would be this: No matter how you feel right now, you are at your very core already okay. After I had my first daughter, I was so lost. So alone. I remember lying on my couch watching the Food Network at 4 in the...
Dear New Moms, I’m sitting in my kitchen with the windows open. The springs here are cool and wet, and the breeze fills the house with a much-needed freshness. From my kitchen table, I can see my 2-year-old as she plays on the back deck with her water...
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.
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.