POSTPARTUM PROGRESS | postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety help for moms

How To Beat Postpartum OCD

There are a lot of scary things in life that I’m happy to say I’ve never experienced. I’ve never been chased by a bear, for instance. Or fallen off a cruise ship. Or accidentally eaten poisonous mushrooms. I have, however, had postpartum OCD and...

Finding Support In Sharing Your PPD Story

by Katherine Stone | 7 comments

Welcome Warrior Mom and guest Sherri Goodall on the blog today, sharing her PPD experience for the first time ever!! In 1997 I had just been given a severance package from a struggling non-profit. Because they were struggling, they offered me a combination of money...

The Many Steps of Postpartum Depression Recovery

by Katherine Stone | 1 comment

Happy to welcome Warrior Mom Karen C. today, sharing her story of pregnancy depression and postpartum depression, and how recovery is like a marathon race. Like many mothers before me, I looked with anticipation toward the joys and challenges of raising my first...

On Baby Books & Postpartum Depression

by Katherine Stone | 23 comments

A Postpartum Progress reader has asked me to reach out to all of you for some advice about baby books, and I’m happy to do it, so here goes. What do you think? I have been through PPD twice and am pregnant with my third. I’m trying even harder to prevent...