Brooklyn’s SPARKS Center Helps Families Get Through PPD
On Thursday, March 31, a special event will be held in Washington DC to honor Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and others for their support of women who have postpartum depression. The event is being hosted by the SPARKS Center, which offers comprehensive services to women...Coping With Postpartum Depression: Do You Cry In The Shower Or Hide in the Bed?
When you are in the thick of antenatal or postpartum depression/anxiety/OCD/panic/PTSD (hello, laundry list!), you do whatever you can to get through. Last night on the Twitter #ppdchat, there was a brief discussion of some of the coping mechanisms we use during this...The Difference A Postpartum Depression Specialist Can Make
I got the following email this week from a reader (who agreed to let me share it with you anonymously): "I am 6 months postpartum and just found out today that I have Postpartum Autoimmune Thyroiditis and I am currently hyperthyroid. I don't know how long...Mom Gets Backlash After Publicly Disclosing She Loves One Child More … Now What?
I saw a post on a popular and widely-read parenting website/blog yesterday and it made me sad. In it, a mother confessed that she loves her son more than her daughter. She wrote about how she felt more comfortable with her son, and how it was so much easier to parent...
On What Your In-Laws Think: A Postpartum Depression Love Story
[Editor’s Note: The following guest post from Kim Rogers gives me chills up my spine. I’m in love with this story. -Katherine] In the depths of my postpartum depression, I experienced all of the expected PPD emotions: shame, guilt, anxiety, fear, sadness,...
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.