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100+ Postpartum Depression Survivors Appear in Photo Album to Combat Negative Media Images of PPD

We are so happy to announce our brand new photo album of survivors of postpartum depression and related illnesses. It’s called the Warrior Mom Photo Album, and we’re extremely proud of the more than 100 women who have shown their… Read...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 8:54 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, post partum depression, postnatal depression, postpartum, Awareness, women empowerment

News Roundup 5/2/12

I’m probably on a plane right now, headed to Miami to attend the Mom 2.0 Summit. Meantime, here’s a news roundup for you on the topic of … what else? Postpartum depression and other completely not fun mental illnesses related to pregnancy...

Published Thu, May 03 2012 7:20 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Warrior Mom Survivor Badges

I’ve heard from several of you about adding Warrior Mom survivor badges to your blog or website. You want to shout to the rooftops that you made it through postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety or a related illness and I can certainly understand...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 7:08 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Moms With Postpartum Depression Often Quit Breastfeeding

The MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health analyzes a recent study of 42,000 women in Norway and how their anxiety or depression affected their breastfeeding, as well as how quitting breastfeeding affected their depression or anxiety. In the past...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2012 11:50 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, PPD, breastfeeding, breast feeding

Postpartum Depression Could Cost US More Than $1 Billion Annually

One of the reasons it’s difficult to get people to start spending money and creating significant programs to combat postpartum depression is because it’s difficult to quantify the cost of postpartum depression to society. No one has really...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2012 6:26 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

The Postpartum Depression Medication Maze

I’ve been going through old files as I prepare to move to my new house this week … THIS WEEK!! … and I found something from my postpartum depression and OCD days — a medication list. I used it to keep track of what I had been taking...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 8:36 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: postpartum depression treatment

How “Motherstress” Affects Moms with PPD

Welcome to Day Two of the WMBC review of postpartum depression book The Ghost in the House. Amber: Yesterday we talked about the reading of the book itself and the way that layering a mood disorder like postpartum depression onto the already constant...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 9:15 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

2012 WEGO Health Activist Awards

To whoever nominated Postpartum Progress for a 2012 WEGO Health Activist Award, thank you. That was mighty nice. I guess we’re up for the Best in Show: Blog Award category, awarded to someone who exemplifies the use of blogging to raise awareness...

Published Sun, Oct 07 2012 7:16 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Progress News, health blogging, WEGO Health Activist Awards

3 Ways We Can Improve Maternal Mental Health Care For Women of Color

Earlier this week, I shared my growing concern with women of color and their maternal mental health being underserved by professionals and those in the mental health advocacy space. (Note: “Women of color” refers to women who are not considered...

Published Fri, Jan 09 2015 12:30 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, Warrior Moms of Color, women of color, minority mental health, Causes

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

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

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

Newton’s Second Law by Kaly Sullivan

In high school physics, we learned Newton’s Second Law; the force of an object is equal to the product of its mass and acceleration. F = ma. After my second son was born, I started experimenting with physics. I started throwing things. I craved...

Published Sun, May 10 2015 4:00 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, postpartum depression., Effects on Children

Warrior Mom Conference Dinner Recap

On the first night of the Warrior Mom Conference, the attendees were treated to a beautiful candlelit dinner at the St. Botolph Club in Boston. After a cocktail hour with passed hors d’oeuvres and wine, the women drew seat assignments at random, allowing...

Published Sat, Jul 25 2015 2:30 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Mom Conference, Never Alone

What is postpartum depression, anxiety and OCD teaching me?

{The following is a guest post from Natalie} {photo credit – fotolia} The other day a friend told me that the Universe gives you the baby you need. She’d heard that from a friend who has a very fussy baby, who felt that he teaches her patience...

Published Wed, Mar 11 2015 7:06 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, Postpartum OCD, postpartum depression.

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100+ Postpartum Depression Survivors Appear in Photo Album to Combat Negative Media Images of PPD

News Roundup 5/2/12

Warrior Mom Survivor Badges

Moms With Postpartum Depression Often Quit Breastfeeding

Postpartum Depression Could Cost US More Than $1 Billion Annually

The Postpartum Depression Medication Maze

How “Motherstress” Affects Moms with PPD

2012 WEGO Health Activist Awards

3 Ways We Can Improve Maternal Mental Health Care For Women of Color

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

We Need to Talk About Postpartum Disorders

Book Your Room for the 2nd Annual Warrior Mom Conference

Newton’s Second Law by Kaly Sullivan

Warrior Mom Conference Dinner Recap

What is postpartum depression, anxiety and OCD teaching me?