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Postpartum Psychosis Help: Where Can Moms Go For Help? [Infographic]

Postpartum Progress is often asked where moms can go for postpartum psychosis help. What if you have psychosis or severe postpartum depression and need hospitalization or intensive treatment? There simply aren’t enough beds and spaces...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2016 9:07 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum psychosis, postpartum psychosis help, postpartum psychosis inpatient, postpartum psychosis hospital, postpartum psychosis treatment, postpartum psychosis hospitalization

Warrior Mom Book Club: Dancing on the Edge of Sanity

This is the Warrior Mom Book Club discussion of the first half of the book Dancing on the Edge of Sanity by Ana Clare Rouds. Question 1: In the chapter titled “Interesting Sensations,” Ana shares the story of her labor and delivery. I found...

Published Thu, Aug 11 2016 7:59 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Warrior Mom Book Club, Book Club

Daily Hope Feedback

I’m noticing a whole heck of a lot of you haven’t been opening your Daily Hope emails lately. (Yes. I can see that. I get reports on what percentage are opened, which are opened, etc.) So … are you finding that they aren’t helpful...

Published Thu, Oct 13 2011 10:01 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Warrior Mom Photo of the Day

Look over there to the right. Scroll down a little. A little bit more. See the Warrior Mom of the Day? We’re excited that each day, one of the mothers in our Warrior Moms Photo Album will be featured here.… Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 9:13 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms

Alanis Morissette Opens Up About Postpartum Depression

The entertainment media world has exploded this week with news that singer Alanis Morissette struggled with postpartum depression. Hundreds of thousands of women have PPD at any one time, of course, but whenever a celebrity shares her story my Twitter...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 9:47 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Celebrities With PPD, PPD, Alanis Morissette, Alanis Morissette postpartum

On Family History and Postpartum Depression

A family history of depression or other mental illness is a risk factor for postpartum depression, whether that history is known or unknown. For so many of us, the lives our parents have lived and also how they parented us plays a big role in our own...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 7:00 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

The Top 10 Postpartum Depression Stories of 2012

It was quite a year at Postpartum Progress. We had more than 1 million pageviews in 2012, most of which came from moms seeking help for postpartum depression. Not bad for the little blog that could!! The top ten most popular stories about postpartum depression...

Published Tue, Jan 08 2013 9:15 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Depression Symptoms, postpartum anxiety

On Baby Books & Postpartum Depression

A Postpartum Progress reader has asked me to reach out to all of you for some advice about baby books, and I’m happy to do it, so here goes. What do you think? I have been through PPD twice and am pregnant with my third. I’m trying even harder...

Published Fri, Aug 16 2013 6:37 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, PPD, baby book, baby books

Warrior Mom Wall Announcement

We all have stories to tell. Stories filled with victories, with curve balls, and stories filled with heart. We want your stories on our Warrior Wall at Postpartum Progress’ first Warrior Mom Conference, the first EVER patient-centered maternal...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2015 6:30 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, Warrior Mom Conference

Please Help Us Reach Even More Moms With Postpartum Depression

Last year we held our first ever Strong Start Day, a fundraiser for Postpartum Progress Inc., the nonprofit organization that supports this blog and raises awareness for postpartum depression and all other mental illnesses related to pregnancy and childbirth...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2012 8:07 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, strong start day, Postpartum Progress Inc.

Mary McCarthy: On the Mombie Apocalypse

Dear New Moms, You sweet, poor things. If I could sit next to you right now and hold your baby while handing you a chocolate martini, I would (after a brief lecture about how one martini will not make the baby drunk but it may make the baby NAP, so go...

Published Sun, May 13 2012 12:00 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, Mary McCarthy

How My Totally Wrecked Birth Plan Nearly Wrecked Me

[Editor’s Note: Some parts of this guest post by a brave Warrior Mom may feel triggering for those with difficult birth or intrusive thoughts. It’s important to share stories like this one because they show you CAN get better. -Jenna] I had...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2016 9:28 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Warrior Moms, birth plan, traumatic birth

Knit One Purl One: A Story of Postpartum Depression in the 60s

I’m so glad Gretchen Houser, who is 70, reached out to me last week. She remembers keenly what it was like to have postpartum depression in the 60s, when there was no diagnosis and no support. She had to find a way to get through it on her own....

Published Mon, Feb 06 2012 6:00 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

No Doctor Ever Mentioned PPD To Me Again

Today I’m happy to feature Warrior Mom Christina Gleason, who writes the blog WELL, In THIS House. She shares how recognizing her postpartum depression led to the realization she had always suffered from major depression. My son turns 8 this August...

Published Wed, Feb 13 2013 7:02 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, PPD

Kimberly Zapata – Fahrenheit

This post has an intense and abrupt ending. If you are fragile, you may want to skip this particular post as it may trigger you. It was 97 degrees when I went into labor as I waited on an underground subway platform for an uptown F train to the hospital...

Published Sun, May 10 2015 8:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: mental health, Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health, Mother's Day

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Postpartum Psychosis Help: Where Can Moms Go For Help? [Infographic]

Warrior Mom Book Club: Dancing on the Edge of Sanity

Daily Hope Feedback

Warrior Mom Photo of the Day

Alanis Morissette Opens Up About Postpartum Depression

On Family History and Postpartum Depression

The Top 10 Postpartum Depression Stories of 2012

On Baby Books & Postpartum Depression

Warrior Mom Wall Announcement

Please Help Us Reach Even More Moms With Postpartum Depression

Mary McCarthy: On the Mombie Apocalypse

How My Totally Wrecked Birth Plan Nearly Wrecked Me

Knit One Purl One: A Story of Postpartum Depression in the 60s

No Doctor Ever Mentioned PPD To Me Again

Kimberly Zapata – Fahrenheit