Los Angeles County Wins Award for Innovative Maternal Depression Project
The National Association of Counties has awarded Los Angeles County a 2011 Achievement Award, given for innovative county government programs that modernize and streamline county governments and increase services to their citizens. The county received the award for...Pregnancy & Depression: Warrior Moms of the Week
This week, Warrior Moms of the Week is focusing on antenatal depression, or depression in pregnancy. It’s just as common as PPD but is even less talked about, if you can imagine. There are lots of people starting to speak up about this illness, which is very...Postpartum Depression Research Roundup: Oxytocin, BDNF & the Value of Screening in the Hospital
There's been a lot of research coming down the pike lately. Can't tell you that any of it means anything significant to you who are suffering at this very moment. But offering it up for the researchey peeps among you … Link between oxytocin and...
Molly Shalz: On How It Feels To Be Depressed During Pregnancy
Dear new mom: I remember seeing the blue plus sign on the pregnancy test. It was positive. I waited for the happiness. It didn’t come. Instead of happy tears I had a panic attack right there in the bathroom. The sting from the guilt that I felt in that moment has...
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.