Childbirth Outcomes and Postpartum Depression: Are They Linked?
So many of you have asked about birth plans, your childbirth experience and postpartum depression, that I asked our fabulous Kate Kripke to write about how these things may or may not impact PPD or postpartum PTSD. Oh, the pressure around childbirth! Do we try for a...Don’t Be Scared (Or, Be Scared But Know One Day You’ll Be Okay)
Last week I wrote about having a massive anxiety attack — I’m fine now, by the way — and it occurs to me that it might have scared the crap out of some of you. As in, “Wait? The son she had postpartum depression and OCD with is now 10 years old...
On Family History and Postpartum Depression
A family history of depression or other mental illness is a risk factor for postpartum depression, whether that history is known or unknown. For so many of us, the lives our parents have lived and also how they parented us plays a big role in our own experience with...
Black with Postnatal Depression: My Therapist Had Never Treated A Black Woman
Lebogang, a South African mother, has blessed us today with another story for our series Warrior Moms of Color, where we focus on Asian-American, Latin-American and African-American — and today, African — moms with postpartum depression or postnatal...
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.