POSTPARTUM PROGRESS | postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety help for moms

What Kristen Howerton Wishes Someone Told Her About Postpartum Anxiety

Dear New Mom: First of all, I just want to tell you that it is normal to be anxious as a mom. It is the biggest life change any of us will ever face—followed by a massive change in hormones and fueled by exhaustion and lack of sleep. I think every mom feels a...

Katie Sluiter: On Finding Peace After Postpartum Depression

by Katherine Stone | 10 comments

Dear new mom: Tonight my son and I rocked silently in his room. We didn’t need to rock. He wasn’t upset, and he didn’t need to wind down. I just wanted to rock him. And he let me. I wanted to share a quiet moment with him. And he with me. In the dark room we are one....

Becky Harks: On Not Having To Love Every Second of Motherhood

by Katherine Stone | 7 comments

Dear New Moms, In 2001, I was a freshly-turned-twenty-one-year-old discharged from the hospital with a baby. My baby, I should add, in case you think I’m some kind of baby-stealer. Single-parenthood looming on the horizon, I’d moved back in with my...

Grace Parson: On The Transformation From PPD to Joy