AOL News Story Makes Outrageous Comments About Postpartum Depression
How many posts am I going to have to write? How many letters to the editor are people going to have to send? How many advocates shouting down the postpartum depression stigma will it take? AOL News, we have a MAJOR problem. Since you have the word “news”...Moms Respond to “Happy Pills”
Postpartum Progress would be nothing without you. Yes, you. I'm pointing right at you. Can you see me pointing?Your comments, your input and your thoughts are what makethis placegreat. I love how each of you brings something different to the table. Earlier this...Postpartum Depression & the Stigma of “Happy Pills”
I heard someone use the term “happy pills”the other day, and it really stuck in my craw. I knew, of course, that they were referring to antidepressants. What is a happy pill exactly? I have taken antidepressants, as you know, and I haven’t...
One Warrior Mom Stands Up Against Postpartum Depression Stigma
[Editor’s Note:Postpartum Progress reader Katie wrote this on her blog today, and I wanted to share it here. Way to go Warrior Mom! -Katherine] stig-ma (stig-muh) a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation Medicine/Medical a...Media Alert: STOP Tying Murder to Postpartum Depression
Members of the media, I implore you. Please stop assuming that every time a woman kills her child it must be because she has postpartum depression. Not every murder of a child committed by a woman has to do with a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder. In fact, generally...
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.