Postpartum depression during a pandemic
February 15th, 2022 | by Amy Mattes
The house is living and breathing windows lifting curtains let old air out. An air between seasons. Her body is living and breathing open organs stretching in the
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Buoyant Force
January 11th, 2022 | by Sumitra Mattai
I wondered if I would ever be able to approach the deep end without panicking.
Losing my Father, Raising my Son
November 24th, 2021 | by Lindsey Newman
Among the last things Pa said to me were that he loved me, and he was proud of what an amazing mother I was
Postpartum Dream Sequence
November 5th, 2020 | by Becky Kling
I am surprisingly unashamed I gave birth to an insect, though I am still trying to figure out why my belly got so big for him
Ginny Wiehardt on KNIFE SKILLS
October 23rd, 2020 | by Ginny Wiehardt
‘Knife Skills’(After a BBC documentary on postpartum OCD) They gleamed at her from kitchen drawers, reflecting the self she feared,
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.
I Don’t Blame You: An Excerpt from the Novel by Frances Badalmenti
May 28th, 2019 | by Frances Badalamenti
I thought back to when she was dying. When she had said to me, “You got so mad that you bit me once.”
A New Mother’s Dilemma: Does Asking Your Doctor for Help Make It Better or Worse?
July 13th, 2018 | by The Post Partum Stress Center
As part of The Postpartum Stress Center’s #speakthesecret campaign, author and international perinatal expert Karen Kleiman teamed up with artist Molly