Postpartum Depression: When Dads & Partners Don’t Seem To Get It
You are struggling—really struggling—and all you want (besides symptom relief) is for your partner to get it; for him to truly empathize, for him take you in his arms and just be there with you during postpartum depression. For there to be a gaze of...Dads Must Deal With Indecisiveness During Postpartum Depression
One evening, I waited impatiently for my husband to come home from work. It was another one of “those” postpartum depression days and I needed to be rescued. Not that my son was being a pain, it was because I was sinking in my own shoes. When he walked in...
How Postpartum Depression Affects Your Marriage or Partnership
While we know that the first year after having a baby is statistically the most difficult for marriages and partnerships, we certainly cannot say that every woman who is struggling with postpartum depression or a related illness will also be in a marriage or...What Husbands Should Say & Do About Postpartum Depression
I know a big issue for many of you is how to communicate what you are going through with your partners/husbands and to get them on board in supporting your recovery fully. I have written about this in the past. (like here, for instance: A Husband’s Perspective...A Dad’s View of Postpartum Depression
We don’t have as much opportunity to hear from dads as we do from moms suffering from postpartum depression. We don’t often get an inside look on how dads view PPD, what it feels like for them and what they think is happening to their wives. Today, though,...
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.