Lesley Neadel: On the Journey through PPD 

Dear New Mom, I am you. I am either you three years from now, or five months ago. I am hoping it is only the former, as the mother of the most incredible three-year-old girl, Bex, and a survivor of postpartum depression and anxiety, who is now halfway through her...

Andrea Bates: On Your First Mother’s Day

Dear New Mama, Oh! It’s your very first Mother’s Day. It’s so special. So very very special. And beautiful, too. All of the emotions! The joy, the excitement, the anticipation. The thoughts that run through your mind that tell you that THIS, this...

A’Driane Nieves: On Depression and Hope

Mama, I see you. I see your hurt. I see you going through the motions, holding on with every fiber of your being to your sanity. I hear you. I hear you choking back tears as you bite your lip to try to keep your breaking from escaping past your lips. I hear you trying...

Lighthouse

It’s my week for content on Postpartum Progress. My week, as a member of the Warrior Mom Leadership Team, to share something about postpartum mood disorders and help you feel less alone. I’ve known this week was coming for a while, and yet on this Monday...

How My Doctors Missed My Antenatal Anxiety

I was in my first trimester of my first pregnancy when antenatal anxiety washed over me like the tide, insidious and unstoppable.  We were living on our own in the midwest at the time, and the loneliness was crushing.  I compensated for my irrational worries by...