November 17, 2009 – Blogging to Promote Awareness of Premature Births
on Nov 17, 2009 in PPD family health parenting postpartum depression women antenatal depression antepartum depression bloggers unite march of dimes premature birth prematurity awareness month public awareness They say that the reason for nearly half of all the preterm births–which amounts to 10 million babies– that occur each year is unknown.   While thanks to the miracles of modern technology and medicine, many preterm babies are nursed...

Speak Up When You Hear Ignorant Comments About PPD
on Nov 14, 2009 in PPD health postpartum depression women public awareness stigma wall street journal blog WSJ Blog I wasn’t planning to post anything until Tuesday, November 17th, which is the blog for Prematurity Awareness Day…that is, until I saw the incredibly ignorant comments about PPD in the chain of comments on the Wall Street Journal Blog post...

Calling All Bloggers! November is Prematurity Awareness Month – Join in blogging efforts to raise awareness on November 17, 2009
on Nov 9, 2009 in PPD family health parenting postpartum depression women antenatal depression bloggers unite fight for preemies march of dimes perinatal mood disorders premature birth prematurity awareness month prenatal depression Premature birth is the #1 killer of newborns during the first month of life.  Each year 20 million babies–half of a million of them in the US– are born premature.  A baby that is born too early is not fully developed and thus cannot e...

Calling All Bloggers! November is Prematurity Awareness Month® – Join in blogging efforts to raise awareness on November 17, 2009
on Nov 9, 2009 in PPD family health parenting postpartum depression women antenatal depression bloggers unite fight for preemies march of dimes perinatal mood disorders premature birth prematurity awareness month prenatal depression Premature birth is the #1 killer of newborns during the first month of life.  Each year 20 million babies–half of a million of them in the US– are born premature.  A baby that is born too early is not fully developed and thus cannot e...

UNC Perinatal Mood Disorders Inpatient Program…What This Country Needs More Of
on Nov 9, 2009 in PPD health postpartum depression women perinatal mood disorders psychiatric mother-baby room-in units UNC Perinatal Mood Disorders Inpatient Program Usually, I don’t post twice in one day, but I got all excited stumbling on a Parenting.com article that talks about the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Perinatal Mood Disorders Inpatient Program, an inpatient psychiatric u...

PPD and Baby’s First Year
on Nov 1, 2009 in PPD family health parenting postpartum depression women child development cognitive development floor time infant bonding infant massage Research has shown that the first year is critical to a baby’s emotional, psychological and cognitive development.  Studies have also shown that if a mother is depressed for as much as the first six months after childbirth, her baby will likely ex...

A Husband’s Reaction to PPD
on Oct 26, 2009 in PPD family health parenting postpartum depression postpartum dad Just a quickie from me today…..just wanted to share this story I came across today over at Momversation that really touched me.  Please read, share with others, and reach out to this dad who is struggling to care for his wife with severe PPD a...

Postpartum Depression Survivor Video
on Oct 22, 2009 in PPD health postpartum depression women de-stigmatize mental illness postpartum depression survivor video postpartum depression video ppd survivor video ppd video public awareness Was tinkering with my computer webcam capabilities for the first time tonight.  The wonders of modern technology.  After quickly whipping up a script, I proceeded to record my video.  I may try to re-record this with better lighting conditions,...

Check Out My PPD Video
on Oct 22, 2009 in PPD health postpartum depression women de-stigmatize mental illness public awareness Was tinkering with my computer webcam capabilities for the first time tonight.  The wonders of modern technology.  After quickly whipping up a script, I proceeded to record my video.  I may try to re-record this with better lighting conditions,...

Stress Management Techniques Can Increase Pregnancy Rates
on Oct 20, 2009 in health infertility women in vitro fertilization IVF stress management yoga According to a study presented on October 20, 2009 at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s 65th Annual Meeting: “Women who participated in a stress management program prior to or during their second IVF cycle had a 160 percent...