Blog Profile / Postpartum Progress
| URL : | http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/weblog/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Mental Health / Postpartum Depression | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1657 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.4 | |
| Archived Since: | June 8, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Warrior Mom Book Club Ready For Next Book – Join In!
Thanks to those of you who have participated in the first two Warrior Mom Book Club reads and to those of you who have read and commented on the reviews here. In case this is all new to you, check out this post. The Warrior Mom Book Club brings together moms with postpartum depression and [...]Show More Summary
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 Norfolk, VA. Today she explains what pediatricians need to know about PPD, and why they should screen. [...]Show More Summary
Headed to LA for Maternal Mental Health
It’s going to be a busy travel week here at Postpartum Progress … headed out at the crack on Wednesday morning to Los Angeles. First, I’ll be filming a postpartum depression segment for Kids in the House, then seeing my dear friend Erin for a few, then having dinner with maternal mental health advocate Dr. [...]Show More Summary
Moms With Postpartum Depression Talk About Gun Control Measures
Yesterday, President Obama unveiled his plan for gun control and improved mental health in this country, in response to the tragedy in Newtown. I’ve seen a lot of chatter about mental health on Facebook and Twitter ever since the shooting. Many of those with mental illnesses like depression or anxiety have been concerned about all [...]Show More Summary
Three Things That Put You At Risk for Postpartum Depression
The website Black and Married with Kids has a follow up post to the one I mentioned last week on postpartum depression: It’s Okay To Admit You Need Help. The newest article, also written by Christine St. Vil, is an interview with Dr. Joshua Johanssen. I really like Dr. Johanssen’s way of explaining the different [...]Show More Summary
Orangette Talks About Postpartum Depression
Molly Wizenberg, restaurateur & author of the blog Orangette and the book A Homemade Life, wrote in her blog this week about being diagnosed with postpartum depression: When I was diagnosed, and when I was first trying to make sense of it, what I wanted most was to talk with another woman who had been [...]
No Link Between Antidepressants During Pregnancy & Stillbirth
The New York Times reports on a large study finding no link between stillbirth and the use of antidepressants during pregnancy. According to the Times, the Danish study of 1.6 million births, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that, “The neonatal death rate (before one month of life) in babies of [...]
5 Ways To Connect With the Postpartum Depression Mom Community
Since it’s a fresh new year, I thought it important to share a reminder of how to connect with the postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety and postpartum psychosis community (and PTSD, and OCD, etc.) we’ve created here at Postpartum Progress. You’re reading this which means you’re already coming to our site. We’re so glad you’re [...]
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 mood problems all across our lifespan. And [...]
Black And Married With Kids Features Story on Postpartum Depression
The wonderful website Black and Married With Kids, created by couple Ronnie and Lamar Tyler, is featuring a 2-part series on postpartum depression written by Christine St. Vil. I wanted you to check out part 1, “Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression: It’s OK To Admit You Need Help.” One of themes of this story and [...]
No Action On Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act
It’s true. Nothing has happened. I remember standing there in the shadow of the United States Capitol in 2010 so excited that the Melanie Blocker Stokes Mothers Act had passed. We were getting somewhere. The federal government was officially recognizing how common postpartum depression is and how mentally healthy moms are crucial to new families [...]
Perinatal Mental Health Conference in Virginia on Feb. 1
Postpartum Support Virginia and the Tidewater Perinatal Mental Health Consortium will be hosting a one-day conference called “Mental Health in Pregnancy and Beyond: Beyond the Basics.” The event will be held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center on Friday, February 1st. Show More Summary
Why You Shouldn’t Compare Yourself To Other Moms Without PPD
Today I’m happy to share a story from Warrior Mom Jennifer Carney. She had postpartum depression after her first child was born and didn’t seek help because she felt guilty that she had PPD and other moms who she believed had situations much worse than hers didn’t. After her second birth, which was severely traumatic, [...]
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 and related illnesses on Postpartum Progress last year were: 1. Six [...]
Is Postpartum Depression A Feminist Issue?
I don’t know that I consider myself a feminist, per se, but I have always believed that postpartum depression is a women’s issue and all women should take up the cause, not just those who’ve survived it. If 20% of all the women we know — whether they are our sisters, our daughters or our [...]
Upcoming Postpartum Depression Awareness & Training Events
Some upcoming postpartum depression awareness and education events you might want to be aware of: On Monday January 14, Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Minnesota asks you to join them at the Capitol at 11am to rally for better birth in Minnesota. One focus: lobbying the legislature to reduce health disparities by supporting Medicaid payment for doulas. [...]
On Parenting, Our Babies & The Passage of Time
My daughter is about to lose her first tooth. O, the anguish. Nooooooooooooo! She’s my baby. I only have two children, and my six-year-old (almost seven) baby is going to lose a tooth. For me, this signifies the end of the sweet little children stage. The lap stage. The small little scamps stage. No more [...]
BUY UNDERWEAR NOW & Support Postpartum Progress! Seriously!!
So this is crazy, but I just heard that 5% of the net proceeds all online sales of Hanky Panky underwear now through Dec. 31 will go to our nonprofit Postpartum Progress. Wow. Look at this!!!!: http://www.hankypanky.com/philanthropy_details.asp?pd=1053 This is a great company, known for having great products. Their underwear is always promoted in magazines and [...]
My Wishes for Warrior Moms This Season
Thank you for another year of conversation, and courage, and women supporting women through postpartum depression and all other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. I hope each and every one of you have the best holiday season you can have. Even if it’s far from perfect, that’s just fine. You are here and you are [...]
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 who have committed infanticide or suicide, or that Postpartum Progress somehow treats them differently or [...]