The list of amazing organizations and people who are speaking out in support of the Melanie Blocker Stokes Act this week is growing and growing. Thank you for standing up for women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Here's a great new one: Heidi Murkoff, author of"What to Expect When You're Expecting" (you know the book!) is also endorsing this bill. Check out her beautiful blog post at the What to Expect website. It's called "Let Melanie's Battle Become Our Mission." Thanks Heidi!!!
That's one heck of an endorsement!
I'm not (gulp) a fan of her What to Expect books (they made me neurotic during pregnancy & convinced I was an utter failure postpartum); however, she reaches a lot of people and is well-respected in the peri-natal community and folks will listen to her. So YAY! Heidi! and Thank you, Katherine, for not letting this bill slip away into obscurity.
I am glad she it using her role and notoriety to increase awareness of women's issues.
Julie