Jennifer Marshall: On Coming Out Stronger After Postpartum Psychosis
Dear Mama-to-Be, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 in 2006, and after two separate hospitalizations for mania, spent the entire year in the darkest depression I have ever faced. Each and every day of that year I cried. I cried for the person I thought I...Amber Koter-Puline: On Navigating Your Way Through PPD
Dear new mama, Wow. What a long, and maybe even strange, trip it’s been. Whether you’ve just given birth or your adoption process has come to a fruitful end, I’ll bet you’ve experienced a lot of anticipation and waiting on your journey. Perhaps things worked out...Jessica Cohen: On Not Holding It Together As A New Mom
Dear new mom: I should not be behind the wheel of a car right now. That moment will stay with me forever. After four weeks of very little sleep, a colicky newborn and way too many people coming by for a visit, my husband encouraged me to get out of the house for a...Alison Parson: On Discovering Postpartum Psychosis Exists
To the Mother who never knew, I gave birth to my son in March. He was my second. My daughter was only 13-months old. My husband and I hadn’t planned on having children back-to-back, but, as the stale cliché goes: The show must go on. And it did. I tried my...
Ninotchka Beavers: On Feeling Whole Again After PPD
Dear New Mom, “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” Here’s the thing, my youngest, the one I had the worst bout of postpartum adjustment with, is now seven. Yes, SEVEN. Shouldn’t I be over this by now? Well, it depends on who’s...
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.