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The Racial & Ethnic Disparities of Identifying & Treating Postpartum Depression
Did you ever wonder if you were suffering from postpartum depression because a friend talked to you about their experience? Did you read a book that reflected your experiences? If you found a narrative that fit with your experience, did you have access...
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Thu, May 28 2015 8:45 AM
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Stand Together for Moms With Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
Three years ago Postpartum Progress started an event called Climb Out of the Darkness®. We had no idea what it would become. We only knew we needed an event that would bring together moms from around the country and around the world who wanted to stand...
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Tue, May 26 2015 9:31 AM
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It’s Okay To Say No
If you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed by commitment and struggling with anxiety as a result, this post is for you. Dear Mamas everywhere, It’s OKAY to say NO. I’m in a place right now where I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed...
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Tue, May 19 2015 8:22 AM
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The Connecting Threads Among Us
Did you catch the Mother’s Day Rally last Sunday? Since it’s Mother’s Day every day here, we wanted to be sure you were given the opportunity to read all the poignant and powerful essays that were published for this year’s Mother’s...
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Sat, May 16 2015 5:31 AM
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Join Your Sisters & Raise Your Voice for Maternal Mental Health
We’re getting closer ladies! It’s almost time for our 3rd annual Climb Out of the Darkness®. We already have more than 150 teams in 44 states and 3 countries. More than 1,000 Climbers, many of them mothers just like you who know what it’s...
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Fri, May 15 2015 10:00 AM
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Pregnancy Anxiety and Family History of Miscarriage
First-time mothers can find many things to be anxious about when they become pregnant. What will pregnancy be like? Will my baby be healthy? Did I start taking my prenatal vitamins early enough? Am I really ready for this? But some women may have an additional...
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Wed, May 13 2015 1:08 PM
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Toxic Expectations for Birth
We build our expectations for birth and pregnancy from childhood; birth stories pervade our culture, from TV and movies to baby dolls. My own life always included lovely retellings of my birth, at home, peaceful and perfect. The trouble is that fear pervades...
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Mon, May 11 2015 9:30 AM
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Help Save Massachusetts Program Helping Moms with PPD
I am twice blessed. Not only do I get to be on the board of directors of Postpartum Progress, Inc. and have the honor to work with Katherine, our other directors and an army of Warrior Mom volunteers to help educate and encourage moms suffering from postpartum...
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Mon, May 11 2015 9:29 AM
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Newton’s Second Law by Kaly Sullivan
In high school physics, we learned Newton’s Second Law; the force of an object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration. F = ma. After my second son was born, I started experimenting with physics. I started throwing things. I craved...
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Sun, May 10 2015 4:00 PM
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Raivon Lee: Mother’s Day — It’s MINE!
Mother’s Day — Oh how I’ve hated you, how I’ve misunderstood you. Since becoming a mom, Mother’s Day sends shivers up, down and around my spine. This will be my third — time flies. Prior to motherhood, when I was much younger,...
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Sun, May 10 2015 3:00 PM
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Joyce Munro – Mad At You
He’s being smothered. A horror swims up through my chest and I jolt awake. I’ve rolled onto the baby, and—I feel around, just us?—but the nightmare fist does not open. “Wake up,” I say, as I push my hands into my husband. “I can’t breathe.” “Wh-a. . Read...
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Sun, May 10 2015 2:00 PM
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Sarah Bregel – Growing Roots Through Metal & Mud
At 24, home meant a rundown farm house, a bit off the grid in the Maryland countryside. My partner and I had been together only a few months and hastily moved there when I discovered I was pregnant. The house belonged to my grandfather, a wealthy lawyer...
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Sun, May 10 2015 1:00 PM
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Susan Petcher – Before Kids
Before I had kids? I didn’t know I was suffering from debilitating anxiety. You see, I thought everyone lived like I did, felt like I did, thought like I did. I mean, doesn’t everybody cry in their car in the parking lot of the mall because they...
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Sun, May 10 2015 12:00 PM
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Esther Dale – Happy Mother’s Day to ALL Moms
For all the mothers out there, of any variety, Happy Mother’s Day. If you are a mother, you are fierce and you are awesome. Whether you are a birth mom, adoptive mom, stay-at-home-mom, work-at-home-mom, employed outside the home mom, mom who goes...
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Sun, May 10 2015 11:00 AM
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Lauren Hale – A Different Breed
She sighs, in the penumbra of the small and softly lit lamp, as her baby snuggles closer to her neck, his chubby fists opening and closing. He exhales and relaxes his body with a small rattled whimper. She waits, her eyelids drooping more with every passing...
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Sun, May 10 2015 10:00 AM
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