I Can’t Enjoy Every Moment

I Can’t Enjoy Every Moment

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest post on those “moments” everyone tells you to cherish and the things we hear from other people. -Heather] “Enjoy every moment, won’t you?” I offer a watery smile and nod, but inside my blood freezes and my heart...
Postpartum Progress Impact Report 2014

Postpartum Progress Impact Report 2014

If you’re like me, Postpartum Progress has impacted your life in more ways than one. After having my daughter in 2010, I discovered this powerful community of Warrior Moms at a time when I needed it most. I not only found invaluable information, but also felt...

Announcing Homestead Warriors

Postpartum Progress’ first Warrior Mom Conference happens in less than 100 days. The first ever patient centered conference on maternal mental illness will take place in Boston, where 125 women will gather together and go through a ton of Kleenex. Tickets sold...
Ours: A Story of Bringing Home the First Baby

Ours: A Story of Bringing Home the First Baby

I can’t. That’s what I thought. I can’t. We pulled in the driveway over four years ago, me in the back seat with this new foreign person, aching in every way. And I thought those words. I thought, I can’t. I asked his Daddy to take the baby in without me, to introduce...

Passing the Bed

He has asked so many questions that don’t have answers and I’m just so tired. I ask him to help his brother. I say, “He’s going to get hurt, can you help him?” “Why will he get hurt?” I answer through gritted teeth, “He just will! Just help him!” Then he sighs and his...

Postpartum Depression: A Feminist Issue

Do not dismiss postpartum depression with a shrug and an eye roll, Ms. Albert.  It affects one out of every seven women.  Ms. Elisa Albert wrote a book After Birth that I will definitely not be reading.  Her main premise is that women do not have enough support for...