Postpartum Progress

It Took an EKG in the ER for Me to Be Diagnosed with Postpartum Depression

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post is from Melissa Jacobowitz. Her experience in searching for a diagnosis took her longer than it should have or could have. Maybe it mirrors your own. -Jenna] When my son was a baby, my husband and I always...

Published Wed, Apr 06 2016 9:40 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, panic attack, postpartum depression diagnosis

Postpartum-Onset Bipolar II Disorder & OCD

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from Kristen Lautenbach. She shares about her journey to diagnosis. -Jenna] It’s the spring of 2015, and I’m outdoors with my four young children, breathing in the long awaited warm weather...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2016 11:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Bipolar Disorder, Postpartum Bipolar, Postpartum OCD, bipolar, bipolar II, intrusive thoughts, postpartum OCD symptoms, postpartum intrusive thoughts, postpartum onset bipolar II disorder

Babies Are Not Anti-Depressants

There seems to be a notion floating around the internet that babies fix broken people. They say that it surely must be impossible to be depressed while holding a bundle of joy. So. Wait. You’re basically saying that postpartum depression doesn’t...

Published Fri, Apr 22 2016 8:01 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

100 Mothers Display Their Strength After PPD & Anxiety [video]

If you feel alone. If you feel ashamed. If you’re still lost. If you haven’t told anyone yet. Or ever. If you feel like you’ll never get better. If you have gotten better and yet you still look over your shoulder. If you still grieve...

Published Wed, Jun 10 2015 4:09 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Climb Out of the Darkness, #warriormom, #climbout

Passing the Bed

He has asked so many questions that don’t have answers and I’m just so tired. I ask him to help his brother. I say, “He’s going to get hurt, can you help him?” “Why will he get hurt?” I answer through gritted teeth, “He just will! Just help him!” Then...

Published Mon, Mar 30 2015 2:48 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum depression., Effects on Children, alcoholism

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

Can Hayden Panettiere & Drew Barrymore Help Promote Systemic Change?

Editor’s Note: Today we bring you an important guest post by Divya Kumar, Sc.M., CLC, PPD. She praises all the talking we did about postpartum depression last week in light of celebrities sharing their struggles, but she warns us that there’s...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2015 10:05 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Celebrities With PPD

5 Steps Toward Becoming a Better Advocate

Please welcome Divya Kumar, a speaker from the Warrior Mom™ Conference in July, with the second of her two-part series on expanding outreach to underserved communities. In Wednesday’s post, we examined how “looking at perinatal mood and anxiety disorders...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2015 6:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Moms, Warrior Moms of Color, Warrior Mom Conference, women of color, diversity, Advocacy

A Third Pregnancy, A Chance To Heal

by guest contributor Lindsey O. My first pregnancy I was blissfully unaware of what pregnancy and childbirth was like, and honestly I wish that I could get a bit of that naiveté back. Every bit of those 9+ months was new and exciting and fun. I loved...

Published Sat, Dec 06 2014 6:58 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: postpartum anxiety, Depression and Pregnancy, birth trauma

What Do You Want To Know About Postpartum Psychosis?

Recently I was surprised to receive a complaint about coverage of infanticide and postpartum psychosis here on Postpartum Progress. The gist of the complaint was that we’re not giving enough support to moms who have had postpartum psychosis or those...

Published Thu, Dec 20 2012 8:24 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: postpartum psychosis, infanticide, postnatal psychosis

To The Postpartum Depression Moms Suffering In Silence

Too often lately, I have had moms calling my office in desperate need of postpartum depression support ten or 12 months after giving birth to their little ones. This is not at all uncommon, but I have been introduced to an increasing number of these women...

Published Tue, Mar 20 2012 6:30 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Husbands’ False Beliefs About Postpartum Depression

I was looking for something in my library of postpartum depression books and came upon an interesting excerpt from Karen Kleiman’s book “The Postpartum Husband.” She lists beliefs some husband’s may have about their wives’...

Published Thu, Sep 08 2011 6:58 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, post partum depression, postnatal depression, PPD, baby blues

Study on Counseling After Pregnancy Loss Seeks Participants

Researchers at Brown University are conducting a research study offering free counseling for depression following a loss of a pregnancy or young infant. If you are a woman between the ages of 18 and 50 years old and have experienced… Read More....

Published Fri, Aug 26 2011 8:08 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, pregnancy loss, After Miscarriage, loss of a baby, stillborn, After Stillbirth

Mormon Mom on How Faith Helped Her Through Postpartum Depression

Leilani Rorani was once the top female squash player in the world. In this video, the New Zealander tells of her experience with postpartum depression and how her faith, in this case the Mormon faith, helped her through. Leilani Rorani… Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2011 6:50 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postnatal depression, Warrior Moms, Mormon women, Mormon

Postpartum Depression Specialization & Training Opportunities

I tell moms who have postpartum depression to see specialists whenever possible. I know this irks some, because a lot of women don’t have access to specialists. It doesn’t mean I think people who aren’t specialists will not do a good...

Published Thu, Nov 10 2011 7:57 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, post partum depression, postpartum depression education

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