Why Moms With Postpartum Anxiety or PTSD Are Often Missed
Warrior Mom Alyssa R. reached out to share her story of why no one believed she was suffering when she had postpartum anxiety and postpartum PTSD. It’s a common problem, since most of us who’ve had it (including me) take a look at the short lists of...
Postpartum PTSD: Still Fighting To Heal From Her Traumatic Delivery
[Editor’s Note: How women are treated during labor and delivery can have a direct impact on whether they develop postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or postpartum depression. It doesn’t matter if the doctors and nurses have seen it all...
Postpartum PTSD: Risk Factors & Symptoms
I have become especially interested in the phenomenon of Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as of late. I live and work in a community where “natural” choices and Attachment Parenting are both respected and expected by many. Bradley Childbirth Education...
Banding Back Together for Postpartum PTSD
This guest post was written by my beautiful friend Becky Harks, author of Mommy Wants Vodka, survivor of postpartum PTSD and antenatal depression, and founder of Band Back Together. She is a wonderful supporter of women with postpartum depression and all other mental...American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting Includes Focus on Women’s Mental Health
The 2011 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting will be held next week in Honolulu. Several of the sessions at this important meeting will examine women's mental health, including postpartum PTSD and antenatal depression. The APA reports that improving...
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.