"By all accounts, I had no risk factors for a PMAD when I became pregnant. I was 28 years old, first baby, supportive husband and family, good job, and an uneventful pregnancy. Until week 34. At that point I was…
"I actually wish my worries were about my child, since that sounded a lot more “normal” and in line with what most mothers with Postpartum Anxiety seemed to experience. Instead, I felt like the odd one out, worrying about anything…
"I went into my first pregnancy and birth feeling like I knew a decent amount about the perinatal process and PMADs as a trained birth and postpartum doula but when my daughter was born on NYE 2019, I found (it…
"I got pregnant 5 months after I married my husband which was March of 2020, it was the year of Covid-19 which actually was a plus for me. A week before I got a positive pregnancy test I started feeling…
"Six weeks after I gave birth to my beautiful son, I was admitted into the intensive outpatient treatment Day Program at The Motherhood Center to deal with severe postpartum depression and anxiety. I was blessed to have a healthy and…
"This story is 30 years old - I had my 1st child in 1992 when I was 29 years old. Not one professional asked me how I was feeling. I was sent home with the standard info on baby sleeping…
"It's as if I'm looking into a dirty mirror. The depression clouds the glass and I don't recognize myself. Vacant eyes stare back. I do everything I'm supposed to do. It doesn't help." Read more
“The pandemic is hard on everyone in many different ways. But sometimes I feel like no one gets just how difficult this is for me. Having postpartum ptsd, while being forced to be alone because of quarantine and a deployment,…
“I can't do this. I'm a terrible mother. My spouse deserves better. What's wrong with me? Will I ever feel happy again? These were the thoughts running on repeat in my head for months after I had my daughter. What…
“I think it’s important to note, that this story I'm about to share is only a fraction of the hell I experienced postpartum. It would take a book to share the full experience. When my daughter was born I was…
