If you are reading this you have probably recently had a baby. Are you feeling less joy than you expected to? One of the myths of motherhood is that we…
Types of Pregnancy & Postpartum Mood Disorders In this article, which is a chapter from my free downloadable booklet called A Guide To Pregnancy & Postpartum Stress, Anxiety & Depression,…
Having a baby is a huge life transition and for approximately 1 in 7 women it can lead to them experiencing anxiety and/or depression. Less commonly, difficult childbirth can trigger…
When his son was about a year old, William’s* wife left him alone with the baby to run a few errands. She had been gone around a half hour when…
About 1 in 7 women develops postpartum depression (PPD) after giving birth. In a press release this summer announcing the approval of Zurzuvae, the first oral medication designed to treat PPD in women, Dr. Tiffany…
Expert Beacon approached me to write an article for them about postpartum depression (PPD) in their 5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts series. I wanted to widen the topic to also include…
There has been a growing awareness about Postpartum Depression over the past decade and doctors offices now routinely screen moms for it, but I think anxiety, during pregnancy and after…
Catelynn Lowell suffered from postpartum depression after welcoming Nova, and a psychologist spoke to HL exclusively about why that increases the reality star’s risk this time around. READ FULL ARTICLE
It’s 3 a.m. and you hear your baby’s cries across the monitor. You click into mom mode and roll out of bed to attend to your little one’s needs, checking…
Three weeks after their son was born, Zach Kissinger, 28, took his wife Emmy out to dinner. But he ended up feeling like he was eating alone. Emmy spent most…
Emily Keber-Goldrick remembers the moment she was told she needed a C-section. The Bucktown mom initially hoped for a water birth, with a plan detailed down to lavender oil. But while…
At the top of Frost Hill at the Morton Arboretum is a young pine tree with long, bushy needles. It is only a few years old but already stands more…