Everyone Needs A Mentor
Nearly ten years ago, in early 2002, I moved from Western Pennsylvania to Westchester County, NY. Other than being cities in the Northeast, Pittsburgh and places like Mt. Kisco and Chappaqua, NY are about as foreign to one another as you can get. Shovel the snow off...
Postpartum Depression: When Dads & Partners Don’t Seem To Get It
You are struggling—really struggling—and all you want (besides symptom relief) is for your partner to get it; for him to truly empathize, for him take you in his arms and just be there with you during postpartum depression. For there to be a gaze of...
When Moms With Postpartum Depression Discover They’re Bipolar
I’ve spoken with quite a few moms recently who, through their experience with postpartum depression, found out they have bipolar disorder. Most often they find out they are bipolar because the typical medication treatment for postpartum depression,...
A Postpartum Depression Brochure Just Isn’t Enough
We’ve been in a de-cluttering frenzy lately as we prepare to sell our house, and one of my recent tasks was going through old paperwork in my filing cabinet. I found our marriage certificate (whoops – guess I had better find a safe spot for that), put our shredder to...Widowed Dad in UK Seeks Support for Petition to Improve Perinatal Mental Health Care
Chris Bingley, who lost his wife Joanne to severe postnatal depression, is asking residents of the United Kingdom to join him in a petition for better perinatal mental health care for new mothers. If you live in England or elsewhere in the UK and can lend your...
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.