My Postpartum OCD Baby Grows Up, While I Have An Anxiety Attack
He walks off the bus yesterday with a scowl on his face. His mouth is all scrunched up and his eyes are narrowed. This is not a face I’ve seen before. Thoughts race through my mind. Did he get in a fight? Did he get in trouble with his teacher?...Allison McDonald: How One Mom’s Postpartum Anxiety Is Another’s Commute
Dear New Moms, I am not generally a fearful person. I worry maybe more than some, but way less than others. That all changed when I took my son home from the hospital. Well, let’s backtrack a little because now more than three years later my perspective has...How Can You Make the Scary Thoughts of Postpartum OCD Go Away?
I want you to meet a Warrior Mom in the making. Everybody:say hello toBA. This blogger from Heir to Blair has been sharing her story of postpartum depression/anxiety and just wrote a post this week on what she does to try to halt those awfully scary intrusive...Rate of Postpartum OCD May Be Much Higher Than Current Statistics
A study just published in the March issue of the Archives of Women's Mental Health found that "OCD and OCS [obsessive-compulsive symptoms] may be of greater prevalence during the perinatal period than previously recognized. [I could have told you that.] The...
The Ultimate Valentine for a Postpartum Depression Mom
Scene: Monday. 3:30pm or thereabouts. Stone Callis residence. Conversation between mom and 8-year-old son with whom she had horrible, raging postpartum OCD and cried every day, and knew he’d never love her, and thought she’d ruined his life and hers...
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.