Letting Go of the Guilt About Not Breastfeeding During Postpartum Depression
In 2008, Lisa Sniderman wrote a compelling piece for Postpartum Progress about how she quit her bipolar medications so that she could breastfeed after the birth of her daughter, and ended up being hospitalized for severe postpartum depression. She wrote about what a...
How Many Women Get Postpartum Depression? The Statistics on PPD
Quick, guess which number is higher: the number of people who sprain an ankle each year, the number of people who have a stroke, or the number of women who experience postpartum depression? PPD. Surprised? In so many books, articles and news programs, you hear the...
On Postpartum Depression and Insomnia
I have a lot of symptoms when I’m depressed: mood swings, fatigue, memory problems, unreasonable anger, sensitivity to criticism, guilt, self-doubt, hopelessness, apathy. None of it’s particularly good, but some are worse than others. One of my worst symptoms has...Thinking of Quitting Your Antidepressant? Here’s What You Should Know
WebMD published an informative piece last week on why people consider quitting their antidepressants and what they should know before they do so. This is ever so pertinent to moms with postpartum depression and anxiety, many of whom are afraid to take medication for...Kristi Wise: A Life Lost to Postpartum Depression
It makes me so damn mad when postpartum depression steals another beautiful mother from the world via suicide. Just so furious. On October 1, 36-year-old Texas lawyer and new mother Kristi Wise took her own life while in the throes of postpartum depression. I wish we...
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.