by Katherine Stone |
The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition will hold its latest Maternal Child Health Topics Webinar: “Reducing effects of postpartum depression – provider education and maternal empowerment” on July 13, 2011 from 1:00-2:00pm EST.Therapist and... by Katherine Stone |
Did you know that the first year postpartum has a high divorce rate? I imagine this must be due to the enormous stress and major role transitioning that occurs when a couple has a new baby. For those of us with postpartum depression, the stresses on a marriage grow... by Katherine Stone |
Current Psychiatry reports on clues about whether a postpartum woman has bipolar disorder instead of postpartum depression. This is important, because many of the postpartum depression screening tools do not look for these types of symptoms. These clues include: being... by Katherine Stone |
One evening, I waited impatiently for my husband to come home from work. It was another one of “those” postpartum depression days and I needed to be rescued. Not that my son was being a pain, it was because I was sinking in my own shoes. When he walked in... by Katherine Stone |
The absolute last thing you desired or even considered upon having a baby is the need to show up in a psychotherapist’s office to talk about postpartum depression. Dreaming about life with a baby usually involves ideas about long and warm cuddles, of peaceful walks... by Katherine Stone |
I reached out again to our Facebook fans to see if anyone wanted to share their story of postpartum depression after treatment for infertility, and was so pleased to receive the following story from the blogger at a.k.a. mrs. X. Going through infertility treatments...