Amiyrah Martin: On Being an Advocate for Your Mental Health
Dear New Mama, All I really wanted was to take a shower. My first born son was just days old, my husband was back at work, and it was just me and the kid. Everything was new for us all, even our 6-month-old kitten that had never seen a baby that wasn’t covered in fur....Heather Spohr: On Deserving Better
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 NICU after...Ana Clare Rouds: On Being Your Own Advocate
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...Elizabeth Isadora Gold: Letter from a Retreat
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 Mama. “Please read...Story: On How it Will Be Okay
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...
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.