by Katherine Stone |
Right before I went on maternity leave, a colleague asked me a very pointed question: “How do you think you’re going to find having a baby?” She was referring – and not especially subtly either – to my tendency to be a control freak. I thought I had hid that tendency... by Katherine Stone |
So many people have been writing about postpartum depression lately that I can hardly keep up. When I started Postpartum Progress back in 2007, I was pretty much all on my own in writing publicly on the blogosphere about postpartum depression and anxiety. Now there... by Cristi Comes |
Uh what!?! Why in the world would anyone think they’re a bad mom because of a real and true illness like postpartum depression? Unfortunately when you’re trudging through the midst of it, you may not even know you need medical attention. Inside of the... by Kate Kripke |
You are struggling—really struggling—and all you want (besides symptom relief) is for your partner to get it; for him to truly empathize, for him take you in his arms and just be there with you during postpartum depression. For there to be a gaze of... by Katherine Stone |
I’ve spoken with quite a few moms recently who, through their experience with postpartum depression, found out they have bipolar disorder. Most often they find out they are bipolar because the typical medication treatment for postpartum depression,...