Jennifer Marshall: On Coming Out Stronger After Postpartum Psychosis
Dear Mama-to-Be, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type 1 in 2006, and after two separate hospitalizations for mania, spent the entire year in the darkest depression I have ever faced. Each and every day of that year I cried. I cried for the person I thought I...Alison Parson: On Discovering Postpartum Psychosis Exists
To the Mother who never knew, I gave birth to my son in March. He was my second. My daughter was only 13-months old. My husband and I hadn’t planned on having children back-to-back, but, as the stale cliché goes: The show must go on. And it did. I tried my...
The Amazing Synchronicities of Postpartum Psychosis
Warrior Mom and two-time postpartum psychosis survivor Heather (a pseudonym), who lives in London, shares the story of her hospitalization after the birth of her second son in 2012. I was taken to a specialised psychiatric Mother and Baby Unit nine days after the...What Goes On In the Mind During Postpartum Psychosis?
I’m happy to welcome Warrior Mom Heather (pseudonym) today, who hails from London, England, and is sharing her story of postpartum psychosis. I really like getting to see what it was like from her perspective. I’m allergic to childbirth. I’ve had...What Do You Want To Know About Postpartum Psychosis?
Recently I was surprised to receive a complaint about coverage of infanticide and postpartum psychosis here on Postpartum Progress. The gist of the complaint was that we’re not giving enough support to moms who have had postpartum psychosis or those who have...
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.