Topic: postpartum depression

My Postpartum Depression: From Feeling Like A Horrible ‘Monster’ To Empowering Women

My Postpartum Depression: From Feeling Like A Horrible 'Monster' To Empowering Women

Katherine Stone will be the first person to tell you that most people don’t know enough about postpartum depression. In fact, she admits she didn’t know much about it either. That’s why, when it hit her after the birth of her first child nine years ago, she was completely caught off guard. She went from feeling “normal” before her pregnancy to feeling like a horrible “monster” afterward. She even admits to having thoughts about being so inadequate that she worried she may drown her son. More »

Caring For A Baby Is Harder When Postpartum Depression Leads To Suicidal Thoughts

Caring For A Baby Is Harder When Postpartum Depression Leads To Suicidal Thoughts

Before Alyson became a mother, there were much of what she calls “unresolved issues” with regard to her health and well-being. Having been sexually abused as a child, she had a history of suicidal tendencies and depression that she had never properly addressed with a professional. But after giving birth to her first child, Alyson found herself wading through not only suicidal thoughts but also thoughts of harming her child, otherwise known as postpartum depression.

She tells me that her symptoms began the very night following the birth of her son as well as the next day in the hospital. Toxic mantras rushed on quickly as she was weighed with an instantaneous regret for giving birth. More »