Postpartum Depression

  • Partner's Guide to the Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression

    The baby blues are common mood swings experienced after childbirth. Keep an eye out for these symptoms and be as supportive as possible. Remember your partner's body has been through a tough nine months and hormones are rampant. These symptoms should disappear within 10 days.

  • Scared of Infertility

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am going on twenty years old this year. I dated a guy from for four years; from the age of barely fourteen to just before I turned eighteen. The first six months we did not use protection (I know it was foolish and risky) but I luckily at the time never became pregnant.

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - 5 milligrams is all it takes

    I've got a great support network of other moms online, and one day I told them that I was really irritable and stupid little things were really pissing me off. I told them that I'd cry really easily over stuff that never would have bothered me before. Postpartum depression was brought up. I shrugged it off and said - nope, not me, not depressed.

  • Post Partum Depression: Information for husbands and families

    Understanding Postpartum Depression. Postpartum depression (PPD) affect 20% of all postpartum women.

  • Postpartum Depression: Tips for Talking with Your Doctor

    Choose the doctor you are most comfortable with, whether it's your Obstetrician, Pediatrician or Family doctor. Select the doctor you feel you can trust and who is least likely to dismiss your concerns.

  • Surviving Postpartum Depression First Hand

    Have you gone through Postpartum Depression or are suffering from it right now? Read, experience, and discover that this is not a rare condition, but one that affects many women all over the world.

  • Jill's PPD Story

    I was diagnosed with Postpartum Depression when my daughter was 3-months-old. I knew that I had the Baby Blues, but they just didn't seem to go away and I felt like it was getting worse, not better.

  • Allison's PPD Story

    I think a lot of my depression was triggered by not getting enough rest right after he was born, and in large part by my failure to breastfeed.

  • Michele's PPD Story

    Hi my name is Michele and I am 31 years old. I was diagnosed with PPD when she was approximately 4-months-old.

  • Even Brooke Shields had Postpartum Depression

    Postpartum mood changes are common, affecting up to 50% of deliveries. Their spectrum of presentation is wide -- from the "baby blues" all the way to full blown psychosis (thankfully rare). True postpartum depression is less frequent occurring in 10% of mothers.

  • Partner's Guide to the Baby Blues and Postpartum Depression

    The baby blues are common mood swings experienced after childbirth. Keep an eye out for these symptoms and be as supportive as possible. Remember your partner's body has been through a tough nine months and hormones are rampant. These symptoms should disappear within 10 days.

  • Laughing Through the Chaos - 5 milligrams is all it takes

    I've got a great support network of other moms online, and one day I told them that I was really irritable and stupid little things were really pissing me off. I told them that I'd cry really easily over stuff that never would have bothered me before. Postpartum depression was brought up. I shrugged it off and said - nope, not me, not depressed.

  • Allison's PPD Story

    I think a lot of my depression was triggered by not getting enough rest right after he was born, and in large part by my failure to breastfeed.

  • Scared of Infertility

    QUESTION

    Dear Midwife,
    I am going on twenty years old this year. I dated a guy from for four years; from the age of barely fourteen to just before I turned eighteen. The first six months we did not use protection (I know it was foolish and risky) but I luckily at the time never became pregnant.

  • Jill's PPD Story

    I was diagnosed with Postpartum Depression when my daughter was 3-months-old. I knew that I had the Baby Blues, but they just didn't seem to go away and I felt like it was getting worse, not better.

  • Michele's PPD Story

    Hi my name is Michele and I am 31 years old. I was diagnosed with PPD when she was approximately 4-months-old.

  • Post Partum Depression: Information for husbands and families

    Understanding Postpartum Depression. Postpartum depression (PPD) affect 20% of all postpartum women.

  • Postpartum Depression: Tips for Talking with Your Doctor

    Choose the doctor you are most comfortable with, whether it's your Obstetrician, Pediatrician or Family doctor. Select the doctor you feel you can trust and who is least likely to dismiss your concerns.

  • The Mother's Load: A Journey into Postpartum Depression

    Postpartum depression afflicts about 10 percent of women who have just given birth. It is a little-discussed ailment with devastating effects.

  • Facing Violence as a Child

    As a child, I was witness to many events that a child should not see. Many had no clue of the horrors that went on behind closed doors and those that knew turned a blind eye. As a child I had no understanding of what was going on around me. I only knew a life of violence handed out to my mother by my alcoholic father.

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