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Climb Out of the Darkness Local Grant Applications Now Open!

Postpartum Progress’ Climb Out of the Darkness® is the world’s largest event raising awareness of maternal mental illnesses like postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety & OCD, postpartum PTSD, postpartum psychosis, postpartum bipolar disorder, and...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2015 7:50 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Climb Out of the Darkness, Postpartum Progress grants, Climb Out of the Darkness grants

Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

One of the main themes on our Patient Forum is the fear that something is physically wrong with the struggling mama. This fear can paralyze a mama from action. First things first, get a physical to make sure that you do not have any physical conditions...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2015 6:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: postpartum anxiety, anxiety, panic attacks

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

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

Being Your Own Advocate with Doctors and Insurance Companies

Today’s Facebook Live Chat covered a number of topics, including how you can best be your own advocate when dealing with doctors and insurance companies. You can watch it for yourself. Here are all the links that were shared in chat. Insurance and...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2016 1:07 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Facebook Live, insurance, postpartum depression insurance, mental health insurance coverage, no insurance, PPD insurance, post partum depression insurance

Join Us for a Climb Out of the Darkness Facebook Live Event

One Month Until Climb Out of the Darkness! You guys. Climb Out of the Darkness is 32 days away. Which means on Wednesday, May 18, the Climb will be ONE MONTH AWAY. ONE. MONTH. As Postpartum Progress Staff, we are so excited to watch the numbers climb...

Published Mon, May 16 2016 1:21 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Climb Out of the Darkness, #climbout, Climb Out, Facebook Live

Parenting After Childhood Trauma

Did you experience childhood trauma? It’s worth thinking about if you are pregnant or postpartum and struggling with symptoms of depression, anxiety or PTSD. Or even, actually, if you’re just a mom out there reading this and...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2016 10:45 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, childhood trauma in adults, mothers with childhood trauma, parenting childhood trauma, mothering after childhood trauma, childhood trauma

Postpartum Depression In Other Languages: Spanish & Chinese

One of our goals at Postpartum Progress this year has been to start translating our resources for postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression in other languages. We’ve chosen to focus at the beginning on our New Mom Mental Health Checklist...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2016 6:09 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum depression simplified chinese, postpartum depression in other languages, postpartum depression Chinese, postpartum depression spanish, postpartum depression translation

Connecting Black Moms with Black Mental Health Providers

The Problem Postpartum mood and anxiety disorder symptoms don’t discriminate against some of the most vulnerable groups in our society. The social and environmental inequalities leave Black mothers struggling with access to care, support, and kindness...

Published Fri, Aug 19 2016 8:31 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Moms of Color, postpartum depression treatment, postpartum depression black women, black/african diaspora new mom mental health checklist, black mental health providers

Sign Up: Postcards of Hope

One of our favorite activities at last year’s conference was writing Postcards of Hope to send to all the Warrior Moms at home. We heard from you for weeks after the conference in 2015, thanking us for sending a little love and light your...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2016 7:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Dealing with Postpartum Sleep Deprivation

[Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post covers a topic near and dear to every mom’s heart: Dealing with postpartum sleep deprivation. Know that you’re not alone in your exhausted state of being. We’re here for you. -Jenna] New...

Published Fri, Aug 12 2016 7:17 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, sleep, sleep deprivation, guest post, postpartum depression and sleep, postpartum sleep deprivation, breastfeeding and sleep, PPD and sleep, postpartum sleep

Stigma and the Strong Black Woman

Chimamanda Adichie calls attention to the danger of a single story in her TED Talk. Women of color find themselves lost and erased when the intersection of maternal mental health and minority maternal mental health is on the table because, among other...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2016 7:37 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, african american women, Warrior Moms of Color, minority mental health, minority mothers, minority women, african american women with postpartum depression, postpartum depression African-American, postpartum depression black women

Miracle Pregnancies, Close Aged Children, and Postpartum Depression

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest post from Lhessa Lyons. Despite being told she couldn’t have children, she experienced three quick miracle pregnancies and subsequent postpartum depression. We hope her story will help other moms with...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2016 8:59 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, infertility, guest post, close pregnancies, miracle pregnancy, close spacing

Maybe It’s Not About How Quickly You “Get Better” from Postpartum Depression

Our dear Hayden returned to work recently after entering recovery for postpartum depression. Everyone is talking about how wonderful she looks. How brave she is to talk about her disease. How it’s great to see that she has gotten better—how...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2016 8:03 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Celebrities With PPD, recovery, Hayden Panettiere postpartum depression, Hayden Panettiere PPD, PPD recovery, postpartum depression recovery time, recovery from postpartum depression, postpartum recovery, postpartum depression recovery

Sprinkles of Self-Care

I push self-care a lot in the #PPDChat world. Why? Because it was one of the biggest things that helped me and also because as mothers, we often forget to mother the most important person in our lives -ourselves. This week’s #PPDChat focused on...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2015 7:30 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Uncategorized, moms, self care

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