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…
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There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received…
Continue ReadingI grew up one of four kids in a middle-class family. I shared a room with my two sisters and…
Continue ReadingThere’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression…
Continue ReadingThe nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my…
Continue Reading"But you're such a good mom." The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my…
Continue Reading“Have you been depressed or thought of suicide?” The question rolled off the doctor’s tongue, and I smiled and shook…
Continue ReadingI felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping…
Continue ReadingHey, beautiful mama. As I glance at you at the park, at the café, pushing the pram down the street,…
Continue ReadingMedication for a mood disorder is “taking the easy way out”. Those are actual words I have heard in reference…
Continue ReadingI am a new mom. A struggling new mom. Typing that sentence gives me chills. What does it even mean…
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