MSNBC: Celebrity Mamas Fuel Post-Baby Body Blues
Here’s a story on celebrities, postpartum body image and the potential connection to postpartum depression from MSNBC health … It is definitely depressing when your stomach still looks like you’re 5 months pregnant and you see Nicole Richie walking...Facilitators & Deterrents to Seeking Care for Women Receiving Referrals for Postpartum Depression
There is so much interesting stuff coming out right now about perinatal mood disorders I can hardly keep up!! GABA receptors, serotonin transporters, the Childbirth Connection research on the large numbers of women experiencing postpartum depression symptoms,...Cavett on Depression
I usually only write about women on this blog, which I think you’ll agree makes perfect sense. But, upon reading Beyond Blue over at Beliefnet, I came across links to two recent articles by Dick Cavett on depression. Mr. Cavett, as some of you may recall, hosted...New Research Relates Crosstalk to Postpartum Depression
A week or so ago we learned that researchers at UCLA uncovered that mice lacking a certain protein (remember GABA?) were depressed and neglected their babies. When the protein was reintroduced it restored the mama mice to normal maternal behavior. This week, a...Americanized Latinas Have Higher Rates of Perinatal Depression
Researchers at the University of Texas’ School of Public Health and Health Science Center have published a study in the Maternal and Child Health Journal finding that "Americanized" U.S. and Mexican-born pregnant and postpartum Latinas have higher...
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.