PPD in the News: What to Do When Tragedy Strikes
If you ever have the radio on, a television on in your vicinity, or follow social media at any point during any given day, you will hear stories of tragedy. Sadly, sometimes those stories involve moms with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. We know stories such as...Toward A Better Understanding of Postpartum Depression
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Who is at Stake? Andrea Yates, CNN and the Call for Revolution
I’m happy to welcome Walker Karraa to Postpartum Progress today. She wrote the following post to call out CNN, and I’m glad she did. “Crimes of the Century,” directed by Hollywood film director Ridley Scott, is described by CNN in this way:...GMA Story Misses Boat On Moms Who Take Meds
This weekend I wrote a post about how the media so often gets postpartum depression wrong. It’s primarily because they don’t have enough knowledge. They don’t know how what they say, or what they leave out, can hurt moms. Today presents another...Anderson Cooper & Dr. Sanjay Gupta On Postpartum Depression & Placentas
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Ho ho. Ha ha ha. Laugh laugh. Giggle. Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta spent nearly four light-hearted minutes on the new talk show Anderson talking about new mothers eating their placentas. Dr. Gupta...
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.