Women Uncomfortable Seeking Postpartum Depression Help From OB/GYN
We talk a lot about screening and treatment for women with postpartum depression, but there’s always the question of which healthcare professional will do it. Most often, it is the OB/GYN that women reach out to for help, which is why this new study in the...Mom Shares Her Methods For Surviving Postpartum PTSD
Postpartum PTSD remains a little-discussed illness on the perinatal mood and anxiety disorder spectrum. Many women who experience it do so after a traumatic birth. From the website Heal My PTSD comes the story of a mom who experienced postpartum post-traumatic stress...Parents with NICU Babies Can Suffer Postpartum PTSD
Richard Shaw, MD, a child psychiatrist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and an associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, is studying postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder among moms and dads whose infants stayed in a NICU....Resources for New Moms Who've Suffered Past Sexual Abuse & Postpartum PTSD
Women who have experienced sexual abuse are at a higher risk for experiencing postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder. I was recently asked about resources for these women, and I came upon a blog called "Survivor Moms Speak Out", created by the authors of...Jodi's Story: Postpartum PTSD
Jodi Kluchar, who created the website PTSD After Childbirth, has written a story about her experience with postpartum PTSD. I was going to post it here, but to tell the truth her childbirth experience was so terrible that I’m afraid it will scare the pants off...
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.