What we eat can affect how our bodies feel more than just physiologically. Research over the years has investigated the impact of food, supplements, and food scarcity on mental health, including the effects on postpartum depression and other...
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We’ve all heard it before: breastfeeding benefits you and your baby. But is it possible that breastfeeding can also help you avoid postpartum depression (PPD) or baby blues after your baby is born? A little background might be...
I am 1 in 7. There were so many things going on in my life at the time that I honestly believe contributed to my Postpartum Depression. Four days after I found out I was pregnant, my father passed...
Postpartum Depression is silent. I remember when I found out that I was expecting, what I know now was my first of three boys. I was ecstatic. That may even be an understatement. With how much joy I had...
My dream, for as long as I can remember, was to be a mom. With my first baby, I was sick before I had a positive pregnancy test. This would turn out to be my first sign of pregnancy...
I really didn’t know much about post-partum depression. The only thing the nurses did was give me a pamphlet and they didn’t stress how big of a deal it could be. After I had my first born I felt...
I wish I could say it’s been one of those “days”, but it’s felt like this more than one. Finding your new normal in motherhood is hard, and finding your village is even harder. It’s this incredible, life changing...
I still remember looking at my newborn baby in the hospital thinking to myself, “Everyone says that you’re going to instantly fall in love with your baby, yet I don’t feel anything in particular for this little human”. I...
My postpartum depression story starts long before I gave birth to my baby boy. I truly believe it started the day I found out I was pregnant. I remember crying on the phone with my mom just minutes after...
From a young age, many of us dream about having a family. We play dolls; we read stories; we come up with baby names. In all of those dreams, we get pregnant easily, have a smooth pregnancy and birth,...
Everything was perfect a day ago… I could finally fulfill my dream of traveling now that I was on maternity leave, taking more than the average 3-6 months off for my new baby. My life could not have felt...
My story is unveiled with my three pregnancies. With all three of my pregnancies, I was very high risk. I had weekly appointments, many ultrasounds, bedrest and way too many pills to take in order to keep my beautiful...
About 3 months ago I endured one of my biggest fears; Miscarriage. I was not a stranger to it. I knew quite a bit about it. I had been surrounded by it, by so many women in my life....
I love my life, it’s pretty perfect. I have a healthy, beautiful boy and a loving husband, I have even lost all my baby weight. But postpartum depression paints a different story: it says you are nothing more than...
I’ve battled along time with the shame of having postpartum depression because all I have ever wanted was to be a mother. I never longed for the perfect family, but I longed for a baby. When I first found...
A little over three years ago, I endured the toughest trial of my adult life. There’s not a birth or baby class detailed enough to prepare someone for the mental health challenges that I was about to come up...
I was that person who didn’t think postpartum depression existed. I truly thought that after you had a baby you’re going to be over tired, and you would be fine. I thought this until I had my son,...
I woke up on a perfectly sunny Tuesday in March of this year. And I instantly regretted it. My tired and sleep deprived soul whispered, “Why Lord? Why did you not take me in the night like I asked...
On July 22, 2016 I gave birth to my little boy who became the light of my life. However, I would not have been that positive the day I had him, or for the next 5 months for that...
My name is Alyssa and I am thirty years old. I’ll start with a little back story. My parents split up when I was one and my mom married my step dad. When I was three, I became a...
What were some of the first signs you noticed before realizing you were suffering from PPD? In the moment, I didn’t notice anything. I was overwhelmed by a colicky baby and the crippling defeat from not being able to console...