Ninotchka Beavers: On New Motherhood & Shopping At Target
Dear New Mom, You Go, Girl. So you've had a baby. Congratulations! Now what? The myth has already been dispelled. By now you know that conceiving, getting pregnant, staying pregnant, giving birth, nursing and taking care of an infant is nothing like what they said...Mindy Roberts: On Knowing What She Didn’t Know Then
Dear Moms, If I had just seen this article on Coxsackie Viruses before Dylan was born, I would have recognized the signs much more quickly. I still got him to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Stanford before he went into respiratory arrest, but still. But still. I...SarahViz: On Being Overwhelmed
Dear New Mom, Please allow me to say this to you: I KNOW. I know how you're feeling. I do. I will never forget what it felt like. On June 29, 2005, I delivered my third son. Exactly 12-and-a-half months after delivering my second son. Thankfully my mother came to...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...Alison Palmer: On Motherhood Delays & Detours
Dear Moms, Moms-to-Be, and All Who Support Moms (for you are critically important too!), The celebration of Mother's Day can bring a host of emotions. It may invite feelings of joy, contentment, apprehension, or bittersweet sentiments, depending on where you are...
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.