American Academy of Pediatrics Says All Pediatricians Should Screen for Postpartum Depression
I'm looking forward to heading off to Pittsburgh Wednesday to spend time at the annual Postpartum Support International Conference with advocates and experts, all of whom focus their efforts on helping women with postpartum depression and related illnesses. So...Suffering Postpartum Anxiety? Why It’s On the Rise Among Women
Last week many of you commented on your own postpartum anxiety after reading Stephanie’s guest post. Whether it’s manifested in the form of postpartum OCD or postpartum panic attacks or general anxiety, for a lot of you your symptoms are more about fears...
Letting Go of the Guilt About Not Breastfeeding During Postpartum Depression
In 2008, Lisa Sniderman wrote a compelling piece for Postpartum Progress about how she quit her bipolar medications so that she could breastfeed after the birth of her daughter, and ended up being hospitalized for severe postpartum depression. She wrote about what a...
How Many Women Get Postpartum Depression? The Statistics on PPD
Quick, guess which number is higher: the number of people who sprain an ankle each year, the number of people who have a stroke, or the number of women who experience postpartum depression? PPD. Surprised? In so many books, articles and news programs, you hear the...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.