Postpartum Progress

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...

Published Tue, May 26 2015 9:31 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Climb Out of the Darkness

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,...

Published Sun, May 10 2015 3:00 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, Mother's Day

The Catastrophizing of Postpartum Anxiety

Anxiety left unchecked turns everything into a crisis. My postpartum anxiety mainly centered around my daughters. I was convinced that each cough, each fever and every infection was the one that would send my daughters into the hospital. I constantly...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2015 10:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: parenting, postpartum anxiety, anxiety

How an Adult Adoptee Experienced Postpartum Depression

Editor’s Note: November is National Adoption Month. Postpartum Progress strives to tackle topics from all points of view, and today we have Chrissie Gaddis, a mom and adult adoptee, telling her story. It’s important in the discussion of motherhood...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2015 10:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, adopted, Adoption Depression, National Adoption Month, adoptee ppd, adoptee postpartum depression, ppd and adoptees, adoptee bonding, adoptee experienced postpartum depression, adoptee, postpartum depression and adoptees

Announcing the Warrior Mom™ Conference Schedule

There are only 37 days until Warrior Moms from around the world gather in Boston for the first ever patient-centered conference on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. And as we get closer to this groundbreaking event, we have some exciting news...

Published Thu, Jun 04 2015 7:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, Postpartum Progress News

Ours: A story of bringing home the first baby

I can’t. That’s what I thought. I can’t. We pulled in the driveway over four years ago, me in the back seat with this new foreign person, aching in every way. And I thought those words. I thought, I can’t. I asked his Daddy to take the baby in without...

Published Thu, Apr 02 2015 5:21 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, first baby, firstborn

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...

Published Sun, May 10 2015 12:00 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health

Facing the Loss Of A Loved One To Suicide

November 19 is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. On this day survivors of suicide loss gather at hundreds of simultaneous healing conferences around the world every year to connect with others who have survived the tragedy of suicide loss and...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 7:39 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, suicide

Couple To Tackle 50 Mile Swim To Raise Postpartum Depression Awareness

In just a few weeks, Sara Binkley-Tow and her husband Jeff will be putting their lives on the line and tackling a massive challenge to raise awareness for postpartum depression and money for PPD support organizations. They will be swimming more than 50...

Published Fri, Jul 20 2012 8:21 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Sara Binkley-Tow, Through the Blue

Seeking Help for Postpartum Anxiety: What About Me, Dr. C?

Warrior Mom Stacey shares how little her obstetrician did to help her when she shared how much she was suffering from postpartum anxiety and panic attacks. Another in our series about reaching out for help and not getting much of it … Dear Dr. C...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 6:40 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: postpartum anxiety, postpartum panic

PatientBank Offers Warrior Moms Access to Medical Records

[Editor’s Note: This is a sponsored post. -Jenna] Here at Postpartum Progress, we believe that educating and empowering women and families to better care for themselves can transform maternal mental health care. We believe that women battling postpartum...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2016 7:52 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, self-advocacy, PatientBank, sponsored post

I Am a Survivor?

[Editor’s Note: Parts of this post may be triggering as this Warrior Mom and survivor mentions suicide and names some moms who did not survive postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. Please read only if you are in a safe place. You are not alone...

Published Mon, Aug 22 2016 6:58 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, PPD survivors, guest post, survive postpartum depression, how to survive, moms who survived, PPD survivor, PPD survive

Running from PPD: Trying to Heal While Battling an Eating Disorder

This story starts with a tub of vanilla ice cream and a Costco-sized jar of Nutella but I don’t know where it ends. What I do know is that I was at my wits end after starting yet another round of dieting and intense exercise, only to find myself...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2016 8:40 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, eating disorders

Christy Douglas: Born Into Motherhood

Dear New Mamas, We are so happy you have been born into motherhood. We are also sorry we may not have prepped you properly for the challenge, but we are here now. We promise. We have been through some of it ourselves and will listen to all of it. ...

Published Sun, May 08 2016 10:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Warrior Moms, Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, mother's day rally, #momsdayrally

6 Things Moms Need to Know About Labor & Delivery

Pregnancy is a miracle, they said. You will love your journey, they said. Be grateful, they said. Well I say however magical it can be at times, pregnancy is gross, my friends. That’s right. I’m calling it. There are too many bodily changes...

Published Thu, May 12 2016 9:12 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Moms, Depression and Pregnancy, birth plan, pregnancy, birth, Six Things, pregnancy advice, bonding, labor

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