Postpartum Progress

2nd Annual Warrior Mom® Conference: Time Off For Mom

Today’s post comes from 2016 Warrior Mom® Conference speaker and attendee Kelly Bauer, with the help of some of the incredible women who will come together on October 14th and 15th in Atlanta at the conference. Kelly is a mother, wife, writer...

Published Wed, Oct 12 2016 2:10 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Mom Conference

5 Great Mental Health Resolutions for Moms with Postpartum Depression

It’s a new year! How exciting, right? Sure, unless you’re dealing with postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, or another postpartum mood and anxiety disorder and all you see is another year of fighting the same battle, every single day. We’ve...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2016 9:05 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Postpartum OCD, self care, help for postpartum depression, postpartum depression self care, new year, helping others, goals, postpartum self care

Why I Decided to Go Public with PPD, a News Anchor’s Story

[Editors Note: Today we are honored to have a guest post from KTUU news anchor Ariane Aramburo. After giving birth to her first child, she experienced postpartum depression. She then chose to run a series on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders when...

Published Thu, Mar 10 2016 5:38 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum depression help, guest post, In the Media, Ariane Aramburo

The Time for to Self-Advocate Is Always NOW

Self-advocacy is the act of clearly communicating your wants and needs in order to obtain the support you need as it relates to your rights. Often times self-advocacy doesn’t happen because we are unable to understand what our actual needs are....

Published Wed, Jun 29 2016 10:39 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Moms, Facebook Live, self-advocacy

PPD, Anxiety, & PTSD as the World Falls Apart

I couldn’t leave the house yesterday. That’s really hard to admit. I’m a Warrior Mom® Ambassador. I run the Facebook group for our Warrior Mom® Conference attendees. I lead a support group. I help coach women through pregnancies...

Published Fri, Jul 08 2016 4:23 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Moms of Color, In the Media

6 Things You Can Do When You Recognize PPD in a Loved One

When you recognize the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression in a friend or loved one, you might not know what to do. You might feel like it’s not your business. You might not want to upset her more. You might feel like it’s someone...

Published Mon, Aug 15 2016 8:30 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Six Things

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

#meditateonthis Success Shows Moms with PPD Will Fight the Good Fight

Last night at 6:00 PM, we put out a call to our Warrior Moms and followers. We planned to take to Twitter to discuss the dismissive, stigmatizing, misinformed comments on postpartum depression by New York Times best-selling author Marianne Williamson...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2016 7:25 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, screening, postpartum depression screening, PPD screening, In the Media, postpartum depression stigma, universal screening, posptartum depression stigma, PPD stigma, postpartum stigma, mental health stigma, post partum depression stigma, Marianne Williamson, mental illness stigma

The Link Between PMS and Postpartum Depression

I’ve said it more than once in speeches and been told I was wrong by an expert or two. There’s no data, they said. Yet it only makes sense to me that those of us who are highly sensitive to hormonal changes would be more likely to experience...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 7:15 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression Research, Postpartum Depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, postpartum depression risk, perimenopause, premenstrual syndrome

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

How Women of Color Can Manage The Impact of Acculturative Stress and Discrimination During Pregnancy

Today I’m thrilled to have Dr. Lekeisha Sumner with us to share insight on two very common types of stress women of color may experience during pregnancy and tips on how we can manage both. Dr. Lekeisha Sumner, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2015 6:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Depression Symptoms, Warrior Moms, postpartum, Warrior Moms of Color, birth outcomes, pregnancy, women of color, minority mental health, minority mothers, acculturative stress, discrimination

Fighting Against Mom Smackdowns

Most of the time, when I comment about parenting issues, it’s those that are related to postpartum depression, whether it’s breastfeeding, or medication, or sleeping through the night. It’s tough as all get-out to be a mom with PPD,...

Published Wed, Sep 26 2012 10:26 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: parenting, Postpartum Depression, PPD

The Horrible What If Scenarios of Postpartum OCD

I’m happy to welcome Warrior Mom Becky G., who didn’t realize she had a telltale sign of postpartum OCD, those horrible “what if” thoughts called intrusive thoughts. Today is part 1 of her story. (Please note: If you are currently...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 8:27 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Postpartum OCD, intrusive thoughts, scary thoughts, postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder

Join Me In A Live Chat on Postpartum Depression Tomorrow

On Wednesday January 25th, I will be hosting a live chat on postpartum depression at The Motherhood. The chat is at 1pm Eastern and I really hope you’ll join me! We can chat, I can answer your questions, you can share your thoughts about postpartum...

Published Tue, Jan 24 2012 3:52 PM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

#AMillionMoms — Become One. Join Me. Win An IPad2.

Today is my last day as a community leader for the Million Moms Challenge. A group of lovely new moms is about to take over for month three. I just want to exhort you — yes, EXHORT — to join the challenge. It’s easy. It’s free...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 6:43 AM by Postpartum Progress