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6 Tips for Healthy Internet Support

The Internet. For those of us seeking help and company in the horrible isolation that is a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder, the Internet can be the helping hand we have longed for as we sink into the depths of our own private hells. The Internet may...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2015 7:45 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, mental health, Internet addiction, Support Forums

6 Reasons Having A Baby After PPD Is Easier

I’m so happy to have Warrior Mom Robin Farr here today, sharing how having a baby after PPD can actually be easier, at least in her experience. I have to point out that Robin, who writes the blog Farewell Stranger, was recently named among the top...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 7:45 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, post partum depression, PPD

Weaning and PPD: I Didn’t Know You Could Get Postpartum Depression Any Time During the First Year

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Jessica. She writes about the depression she experienced after weaning her baby. -Jenna] Post-weaning depression, huh? That’s a thing. A very real thing, with physical manifestations, anxiety...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2016 10:05 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, breastfeeding, weaning and hormones, weaning depression, weaning, breastfeeding and postpartum depression, breastfeeding postpartum depression, breastfeeding PPD

Join With Warrior Moms Around the World For Change: Announcing PPD ACT™

It would have really helped if I had known all of my risk factors ahead of getting postpartum anxiety. Maybe that whole hell could have been prevented. I mean, what if someone had said to me, “You have a high likelihood of getting this, so...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2016 10:53 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Apple, PPD ACT, Apple ResearchKit App

NICHD Moms’ Mental Health Matters Initiative Launches

We’re so pleased to welcome Dr. Triesta Fowler to Postpartum Progress today. Triesta runs the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s (NICHD) National Child and Maternal Health Education...

Published Wed, Oct 05 2016 8:51 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, NICHD, Triesta Fowler Lee, Moms' Mental Health Matters, National Child and Maternal Health Education Program

Warrior Mom Strong with Cotton Babies

Only a few weeks ago, almost 200 Warrior Moms recently joined together in Atlanta for the 2nd Annual Warrior Mom® Conference, showing the world they are #warriormomstrong, thanks to the support of companies like Cotton Babies. Inspired...

Published Tue, Nov 01 2016 8:15 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: PPD, Warrior Moms, Postpartum Progress News, Warrior Mom Conference, Cotton Babies

A Long History of Breastfeeding, Anxiety, and Forgiveness

I’ve never shared my entire journey with breastfeeding in one place, at one time. It’s a topic that makes my heart race a little, catches my breath in six different ways. It’s World Breastfeeding Week, and it feels like the right time...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2016 7:36 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, breastfeeding, breastfeeding and depression, breastfeeding and postpartum depression, bad feelings breastfeeding, breastfeeding and anxiety, world breastfeeding week

A Takeaway from NatCon16: The Continued Conversation of Patient Experience & Peer Support

[Editor’s Note: Last week, Postpartum Progress attended NatCon16, held March 7-9th in Las Vegas. Our Program Manager for Education and Training was invited by the National Council for Behavioral Health to attend as a “Twitter Ambassador,”...

Published Thu, Mar 17 2016 10:30 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, mental health, peer support, National Council for Behavioral Health

An Unplanned C-Section Sets Off Postpartum Depression for One Mom

[Editor’s Note: Today we’re running a two-post series on c-sections and how they affected two moms differently. First up we have Contributing Writer Carrie London. Her c-section wasn’t planned and left her feeling all kinds of things...

Published Tue, Apr 12 2016 9:31 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum PTSD, traumatic childbirth, c-section

Postpartum Depression Is Real #meditateonthis

In response to the news that screening for perinatal depression is now recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force, New York Times bestselling author Marianne Williamson took to Facebook to tell her followers that the recommendation is simply...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2016 3:00 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: In the Media

How Postpartum Depression Affects Sex Drive

We decided to write a series of posts about sex, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and all the emotions and questions that surround the topic. We’re starting with the sex drive, or lack thereof, because moms experiencing PPD wonder if their...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2016 1:51 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, sex postpartum, postpartum depression sex, sex antidepressants, postpartum sex, sex postpartum depression, sex

Working Through Postpartum PTSD at the Same Hospital

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from a Warrior Mom who experienced postpartum PTSD after a traumatic birth—and then had to finish her senior capstone at the same hospital with the same doctors in the same room. She wants those...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2016 9:02 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

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

Learning to Swim: Life After Postpartum Depression

[Editor’s Note: Today’s Guest Post comes from Julia Karas Parker. She wanted to share her story because sometimes she felt discouraged that it took her “so long” to get better. We share her story so other moms who are struggling...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2016 9:05 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Warrior Moms, recovery, therapy, medication, guest post, OCD, recovery from postpartum depression, postpartum depression recovery, postpartum anxiety recovery, hospitalization, generalized anxiety disorder

The Non-Stop Intrusive Thoughts of Postpartum OCD

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from a Warrior Mom who experienced Postpartum OCD. She shares her journey with intrusive thoughts so that other moms might feel less alone—and also so others will understand that side of OCD....

Published Wed, Jul 06 2016 6:35 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum OCD, intrusive thoughts, postpartum intrusive thoughts

What Pediatricians Need To Know About Postpartum Depression

While the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests pediatricians screen for postpartum depression, not all of them do. I’m happy to have Natasha Sriraman, MD, MPH, FAAP, IBCLC as our guest today. Dr. Sriraman is a board-certified pediatrician in...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 7:02 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Pediatrics, pediatricians

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