by Katherine Stone |
On December 19, 2007 at 7pm, Jennifer Gibbs Bankston of Birmingham, Alabama shot her 7-week-old baby Graham, and then shot herself. Both died from their wounds. It is believed that Jennifer was suffering from some form of postpartum depression. I am currently... by Katherine Stone |
This is a link to a great post called "The Mom's Disease" that I just saw on Therese Borchard's blog Beyond Blue — it's actually from the blog Maternally Challenged. Very well written and right on the money when it comes to talking about... by Katherine Stone |
This week, according to the Springfield [Ohio] News-Sun, " … a west-central Ohio mother who attempted to drown her infant daughter in a bathtub has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Twenty-one-year-old Heather Nicole Dean, of Springfield, pleaded... by Katherine Stone |
Tyra Banks focused her show yesterday on postpartum depression. She included a psychiatrist as a guest on the segment, who provided the usual list of things depressed new moms should do for our depression: prioritize, sleep when the baby sleeps, avoid isolating, etc.... by Katherine Stone |
A new study in the November/December 2007 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine takes a much-needed look at the postpartum health of working mothers. The study looked at moms who return to the workplace 11 weeks after childbirth and found that they continue to need...