Without Modern Medicine, Would I Be Here Today?
I wouldn’t be a mother without modern medicine. This has a different meaning for me than you might be guessing. I didn’t face challenges…
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postpartum depression
Good Moms Get Scared, Too
Postpartum anxiety: a different spin on what I thought I was dealing with (postpartum depression). After the birth of my son, I had the baby blues…
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To the New Mom Hiding Her Postpartum Depression: Speak Up
Have you ever walked down a dimly lit street, alone and at night, and felt the overwhelming sense that determined footsteps follow you? Not exactly…
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Postpartum Depression Blindsided Me
There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received the diagnosis seven months after my…
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Depression Changed How My Mom Loved Us
I grew up one of four kids in a middle-class family. I shared a room with my two sisters and sometimes wore hand-me-downs but never went without.…
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To the New Mom At Home When it All Feels Unknown
There’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression with tears falling on my firstborn’s little…
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What I Really Mean When I Say I’m Fine
The nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my best I’m fine face while simultaneously sipping a…
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Yes, I Struggle—And I’m a Good Mom
“But you’re such a good mom.” The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my daughter’s dance class. I…
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I Wish Someone Had Noticed My Postpartum Anxiety
“Have you been depressed or thought of suicide?” The question rolled off the doctor’s tongue, and I smiled and shook my head on cue. I had…
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Battling the Darkness of Postpartum Depression
I felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping on my chest, I felt it creeping in. Instead of…
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