Who Needs the Diagnosis?
September 19th, 2019 | by Jericho Vincent
1 in 7 mothers experiences postpartum depression. And yet, naming it still makes me uneasy. Women used to be given the diagnosis of "Hysteria" if their minds or bodies rebelled.
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A Deduction: What Motherhood Takes Away (PS This is Actually Fanfic)
February 9th, 2018 | by Tabitha Carvan
Let me show you where Benedict Cumberbatch touched me. He reached inside of me and restarted my heart. His long
BODY FULL OF STARS: An Interview with Molly Caro May on Motherhood, Rage, and Healing
January 24th, 2018 | by Elizabeth Beauvais
I wish Molly Caro May’s second memoir Body Full of Stars had been written ten years ago when, after the
CONCRETE SADNESS
May 17th, 2017 | by Rebekah Olson
By some miracle, I didn’t get postpartum depression. As a lifelong sufferer of manic depression, wasn’t PPD inevitable? But after
THE MAGIC IS US: Becky Fine-Firesheets on Postpartum Madness
September 29th, 2016 | by Becky Fine-Firesheets
I first learned about nursing hormones when my gynecologist blamed them for the vaginal hell I’d been living in for the
Me and You and Everyone We Know and Miranda July and Postpartum Depression by RACHEL KESSLER
May 25th, 2016 | by Rachel Kessler
I am trying to talk with Miranda July, celebrated performance artist, writer, visual artist and filmmaker, but my uterus is
10 THINGS MOMS DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT THE BABY BLUES: A Comic by Lisa Lim
December 2nd, 2015 | by Lisa Lim
Really, the number one thing to know about the “baby blues?” If your blues are severe, ask for help and
Sleep Nazi by FRANCES BADALAMENTI
June 24th, 2015 | by Frances Badalamenti
The sound of the baby in the other room wakes me from a mostly restless sleep. It is dark and