Becky Harks: On Not Having To Love Every Second of Motherhood
Dear New Moms, In 2001, I was a freshly-turned-twenty-one-year-old discharged from the hospital with a baby. My baby, I should add, in case you think I’m some kind of baby-stealer. Single-parenthood looming on the horizon, I’d moved back in with my...Grace Parson: On The Transformation From PPD to Joy
Dear New Moms, Welcome to the most paradoxical experience of your life. Exhilarating … Exhausting. Mundane … Surprising. Rewarding … Excruciating. Fun … Boring. Wonderful … Difficult. Motherhood is all these things and so much more. The month of May is a very...Rebecca Odes: On The Stress of New Motherhood
Hey, New Mom. Yes, I’m talking to you. And I’m talking about you, too, not about your baby. I’m here to remind you that You, the woman — the person with needs and wants and feelings — are still in there, even if nobody seems to notice or care. This may or...Nish Weiseth: On Thinking Of Ending It All During Postpartum Depression
Hey mama. You look beautiful. Really, you do. I know you probably don’t feel that way, what with the lack of showering, lack of sleep and lack of any sense of normalcy. But, you look great, I promise. Motherhood suits you, even though you may not feel suited for... Heather King: On Getting & Accepting Help for Postpartum Depression
Dear New Mom, When you can’t believe that you’ll feel better, let us believe for you. When you can’t see through the hormonal and chemical induced fog that has taken you over, let us see for you. When you haven’t slept enough in weeks or months...
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.