POSTPARTUM PROGRESS | postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety help for moms

Announcing Homestead Warriors

Postpartum Progress’ first Warrior Mom Conference happens in less than 100 days. The first ever patient centered conference on maternal mental illness will take place in Boston, where 125 women will gather together and go through a ton of Kleenex. Tickets sold...

Ours: A Story of Bringing Home the First Baby

by Heather King | 4 comments

I can’t. That’s what I thought. I can’t. We pulled in the driveway over four years ago, me in the back seat with this new foreign person, aching in every way. And I thought those words. I thought, I can’t. I asked his Daddy to take the baby in without me, to introduce...

A story of Postpartum OCD, intrusive thoughts, and hope

by Heather King | 16 comments

I remember each part of my postpartum OCD clearly. It began one night as I was nursing my son, Easton. I was home alone with the kids because my husband travels for work. I was looking at him and this random thought popped into my head– “What if I...

Passing the Bed

by Heather King | 0 comments

He has asked so many questions that don’t have answers and I’m just so tired. I ask him to help his brother. I say, “He’s going to get hurt, can you help him?” “Why will he get hurt?” I answer through gritted teeth, “He just will! Just help him!” Then he sighs and his...