Ann Douglas: On Caring For Yourself While Caught In the Storm
Hey Mom: I'm talking to you. Yes, you. I know. It takes time to get used to that name, no matter how desperately you've longed to be someone's Mom. It's one thing, after all, to have the idea of a baby dancing around inside your head; it's quite...Teresa Twomey: On The Big Bad Wolf of Postpartum Mood Disorders
Dear Moms: You probably know the story of the Three Little Pigs. You may even know the song: "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf, big bad wolf, big bad wolf? Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Tra la la la la." In the story, three little pigs leave...Julie Hersh: The Fine Print of Motherhood
Note: the following is excerpted from Julie's new book "Struck by Living" I lay on our carpet, exhausted, brain-bent, eyes pasted on my one-year-old son. Andrew stood with his back to me, palms pressed against the window. He gazed at the branches...Meeka Centimano, LCSW: On Unexpected Gifts
Dear New Moms: We all receive a number of gifts and well wishes at the time of our child's birth. Gifts are received with excitement and anticipation, with joy and sentiment, with appreciation and wonder. A postpartum mood disorder, whatever the type, is the...Sera: On Healing from Postpartum Depression
Dear New Moms, It's been nearly two years to the day since I experienced some of my darkest, most difficult, unexpectedly challenging and at times heartbreaking days. I don't know where you're at in your postpartum journey, but from what I've found in...
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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.