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When Breastfeeding Doesn’t Go As Planned

As expectant mothers, all we can do is plan. We make labor plans, we plan the nursery, we plan how we will spend our maternity leave. We plan birthday parties, play dates, college graduations. All this planning before even giving birth. We thrive on a...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2015 11:16 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, breastfeeding problems, breastfeeding, breast feeding, breastfeeding and postpartum depression, postpartum depression and breastfeeding, bad feelings breastfeeding

Book Your Room for the 2nd Annual Warrior Mom Conference

We’ve heard your questions in the private Facebook group for Warrior Mom Conference Attendees. (You’ll be added to the group when you register.) We know you’ve all been chomping at the bit to book your hotel room at The Georgian Terrace...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2015 8:16 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Mom Conference, hotel reservations, Atlanta

Postpartum Depression Stigma Persists Even In Federal Government

Someone told a mom in the Postpartum Progress community the other day that there is no longer any stigma when it comes to postpartum depression. We’re talking about it. We’re doing things about it. Moms need to realize that the stigma has...

Published Wed, Nov 18 2015 1:47 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, infanticide, stigma, Health and Human Services, postpartum depression stigma, Office of Women's Health

Moms Needed for a Postpartum OCD Study

Becoming a mother should be one of the happiest moments in a woman’s life. Unfortunately, many women suffer from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders beginning in pregnancy through the first year postpartum. Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder...

Published Wed, Nov 18 2015 10:50 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum OCD, research, research study, postpartum OCD resources, George Washington University

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

Moms with Postpartum OCD Discuss Target’s Obsessive Christmas Disorder Shirt

Yesterday, public scrutiny switched from Starbucks to Target when the retailer was accused of trivializing mental illness with a Christmas shirt. The shirt reads: OCD – Obsessive Christmas Disorder. Get it? Instead of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2015 7:32 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum OCD, postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder, postpartum OCD rate, postpartum OCD symptoms, postpartum depression OCD, OCD, obsessive christmas disorder

How a Traumatic Birth Gave Me Postpartum PTSD & Depression

My child will be an only child. I want to talk about one of the reasons she will be an only child. I want to talk about why I roll my eyes or wince when someone tells me that I’m too young to say something like this or to “give it time.”...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 8:42 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum PTSD, post traumatic stress, PTSD, post traumatic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, childbirth trauma, birth trauma, post-traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD after childbirth, post-traumatic stress disorder childbirth, what is postpartum PTSD, postpartum depression trauma

We Need to Talk About Postpartum Disorders

[Editor’s Note: Today we are thrilled to have a guest post by Betsy Schwartz, Vice President of Public Education & Strategic Initiatives at the National Council for Behavioral Health.] In 2001, a tragic event in a suburb of Houston Texas shook...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2015 6:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Progress News, Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Mental Health First Aid USA, National Council for Behavioral Health, Andrea Yates, postpartum mood disorder

National Adoption Month: Addressing Depression During Pregnancy

To say I felt depressed during my first pregnancy is an understatement. To say that my depression went untreated is also an understatement. However, considering I presented a number of risk factors for depression during pregnancy, the fact that my depression...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2015 10:57 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: antenatal depression, Depression and Pregnancy, depression during pregnancy, forgiveness, self-forgiveness, antenatal mood disorders, antenatal anxiety, unplanned pregnancy, National Adoption Month, anxiety during pregnancy, depression after adoption, birthmother depression

Men’s Health Month: More Mental Health Help Needed for Fathers

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Carrie London of Growing Humans. Addressing fathers’ mental health is important in the discussion of postpartum depression. Additionally, November is Men’s Health Month and this year...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2015 9:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Help For Fathers, dads, postpartum depression dads, help for dads, dad postpartum depression, resources for dad PPD, men's health month, fathers help postpartum, father post partum depression, men's mental health, movember, post partum depression dads, father postpartum depression

Purchase Your Tickets for the 2016 Warrior Mom Conference

That’s right! You can purchase your ticket for the 2016 Warrior Mom Conference, taking place in Atlanta, GA from October 14-15, 2016. We encourage you to do so as soon as you possibly can as we sold out very quickly last year. But maybe you’re...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2015 9:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Mom Conference

Anxiety Doesn’t Own Me: How I Beat Pregnancy Anxiety

Note: Today’s guest post is written by warrior mom Andrea Bates from Good Girl Gone Redneck, addressing the often overlooked issue of pregnancy and anxiety. When I found out I was pregnant, I was over the moon excited. Beyond thrilled. And, if I’m...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2015 8:56 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, anxiety, anxiety symptoms, Depression and Pregnancy, pregnancy anxiety, anxiety anxiety during pregnancy, antenatal anxiety

Announcing the 2016 Warrior Mom™ Conference

Editor’s Note: We’ve got great news today, and we’ve asked Graeme Seabrook to share the good news with you. -Jenna It was somewhere in the middle of the first session on the first day of Warrior Mom™ Conference 2015 that I first started...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2015 6:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Mom Conference, WMC 16, Together Stronger

Surviving the Dark Season

I reached out to some of my fellow warrior moms to see if anyone wanted to share their story, and the following is by one of the brave women who responded to say, “Yes, it’s finally time for me to share.” Thank you to Diane Stenglein...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2015 1:30 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, diagn, parenting fears, feelings

PPD in the News: What to Do When Tragedy Strikes

If you ever have the radio on, a television on in your vicinity, or follow social media at any point during any given day, you will hear stories of tragedy. Sadly, sometimes those stories involve moms with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. We know...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2015 10:59 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum suicide, In the Media, tragedy, maternal suicide, PPD suicide, postpartum depression suicide

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