POSTPARTUM PROGRESS | postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety help for moms

Pregnant Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum Likely to Suffer Depression or Anxiety

Not that this would come as a surprise to most of you, but a newly published study finds that women who are suffering from some sort of medical condition during pregnancy are more likely to have depression or anxiety. This comes from the Archives of Mental...

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition Launches Free Educational Texting Service for Pregnant Women & New Moms

by Katherine Stone | 5 comments

Exciting news just launching today! Text4baby is a new, free mobile information service providing timely health information to pregnant women and new moms from pregnancy through a baby's first year.An educational program ofthe National Healthy Mothers, Healthy...

Tragedies and Assumptions About Postpartum Psychosis

by Katherine Stone | 9 comments

Yesterday we focused on the amazing story of Heather and her experience with and recovery from postpartum psychosis. And then this: Amother in San Antonio killed her two young children, ages 1 and 3, on Tuesday. Andthis: A mother in Edmonton Canada killed her two...

Naked on the Side of the Road: One Mother’s Story of Postpartum Psychosis

by Katherine Stone | 39 comments

[Editor’s Note: Today, I welcome a guest post from Heather, who has bravely and graciously agreed to share her story of postpartum psychosis in hopes it will help others. This piece may feel triggering to some, so please only read if you are in a safe place....