by Katherine Stone |
The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act was voted on andPASSED as amended last night in the US House of Representatives. You heard me right. Wahoo! Here you go with the details. It passed with 391 votes for, 8 against, and 32 abstentions. Now on to the Senate. We may... by Katherine Stone |
A study came out yesterday confirming that women who have multiples are at a higher risk for postpartum depression. This new study, conducted at Johns Hopkins and appearing in the journal Pediatrics, found that these mothers are actually have a 43% higher risk. What... by Katherine Stone |
Lisa Belkin of the New York Times' Motherlode blog weighs in on Heather Armstrong's new book "It Sucked and Then I Cried" about her experience with postpartum depression. Check it out. And Lauren at Sharing the Journey talks about Teresa Twomey's... by Katherine Stone |
Carol Blocker, mother of Melanie Blocker Stokes, for whom the MOTHERS Act is named, wroteyesterday to the Chicago Sun-Times asking why more hasn't been done in her own state to get increased funding and services for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders....