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Mommy Shoes – Parenting While Recovering From PPD
Please welcome Mirjam Rose to Postpartum Progress today, as she shares her experience of parenting while recovering from PPD. Mirjam is an elementary school teacher and blogger who lives in the Netherlands with her husband and three children. She has...
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Sat, Jan 31 2015 7:00 AM
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Mental Health After Postpartum
Mental health, after postpartum “ends,” becomes a rough path. The only thing rougher is trying to leave the path and walk alone. I don’t recommend trying to walk alone. I’ve been seeing doctors and therapists since I was twenty...
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Wed, Jan 28 2015 5:21 PM
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Warrior Mom Conference Countdown
There’s nothing like connecting with another mom who has been through postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis, or has experienced any of these illnesses during pregnancy. An instant understanding and sisterhood binds you together, as you...
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Mon, Jan 26 2015 7:00 AM
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Mental Illness Didn’t Crush My Dream of a Family
Photo Credit: carf via Compfight cc I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder after experiencing two manic episodes in the same month, each requiring hospitalization. At the time I was devastated and felt as though my dream of having a family had been shattered...
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Thu, Jan 22 2015 5:00 AM
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Research uncovers various classes of PPD
Humans compare themselves to others around them. She has prettier hair. He has a nicer car. Why does she get the corner office when I have worked just as hard? Or the ever popular gym comparisons: I do the SAME exercises as her and yet, nothing. Then...
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Tue, Jan 20 2015 6:36 AM
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Dr. Samantha Meltzer Brody
How Women of Color Can Manage The Impact of Acculturative Stress and Discrimination During Pregnancy
Today I’m thrilled to have Dr. Lekeisha Sumner with us to share insight on two very common types of stress women of color may experience during pregnancy and tips on how we can manage both. Dr. Lekeisha Sumner, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical...
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Mon, Jan 19 2015 6:00 AM
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minority mental health
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minority mothers
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acculturative stress
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discrimination
Not All Situations Are the Same: My Four Stories
Trigger Warning: This post contains some references to miscarriage. Often, I find myself telling my story of life with and after Postpartum Depression (and Postpartum OCD, and Postpartum Anxiety, and Postpartum PTSD… darned comorbidity). I love...
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Tue, Jan 13 2015 6:00 AM
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Dealing With Grief, Trauma, and Intrusive Thoughts
Trigger Warning: This post contains references to miscarriage, D&C, and intrusive thoughts. If you are feeling vulnerable, you may want to skip this post for now. Last year, I posted about my experience with the emotional aftermath of a missed miscarriage...
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Mon, Jan 12 2015 6:30 AM
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3 Ways We Can Improve Maternal Mental Health Care For Women of Color
Earlier this week, I shared my growing concern with women of color and their maternal mental health being underserved by professionals and those in the mental health advocacy space. (Note: “Women of color” refers to women who are not considered...
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Fri, Jan 09 2015 12:30 PM
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Suffering in Silence With Intrusive Thoughts: What I Couldn’t Say
Today I’m bringing you a story from my (beautiful) friend Arnebya (pronounced Arnebya). She is a DC-based writer and editor (by day). A three-time BlogHer Voice of the Year, Arnebya’s work has appeared on multiple lifestyle and parenting blogs...
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Thu, Jan 08 2015 7:51 AM
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Warrior Moms of Color
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women of color
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african american women with postpartum depression
Women of Color and Maternal Mental Health: Why Are We So Underserved?
Over the past year, I’ve made it a point in my advocacy efforts to focus more on women of color, talking with them about their mental health experiences during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Based on those conversations and my own personal...
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Tue, Jan 06 2015 5:00 AM
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Postpartum Depression Research
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Postpartum Depression
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postpartum anxiety
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Warrior Moms
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Awareness
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stigma
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Warrior Moms of Color
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maternal mental health
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perinatal mental health
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women of color
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minority mental health
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postpartum depression advocacy
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Advocacy
Quitando la Máscara: This Latina’s Fight Against Postpartum Anxiety
Today I’m honored to share my lovely friend (and fellow Texan!) Jessica Escobar’s story with you. Jess is a proud Latina and Texas girl who grew up on the border in El Paso, but currently lives in Austin with her husband and two beautiful...
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Fri, Jan 02 2015 6:00 AM
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Postpartum Depression
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postpartum anxiety
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women's health
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Warrior Moms
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mental health
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Warrior Moms of Color
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minority mental health
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minority women
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latina women