Postpartum Progress

Life After Baby: Surviving PPD

This is a nice post on recovering from the PPD experience from the blog Life After Baby.

Doula Seeking Speakers for Monthly Online Chat

Doula Tiffani Lawton is putting together a monthly PPD chat online.  She is seeking featured guest chatters on the topics of psychotherapy, omega 3s, spiritual therapy, exercise therapy, PPD, PPOCD, postpartum psychosis, postpartum screening, alternative therapies and other topics.  The monthly chats will be taking place at http://pamperedpreggerandbeyond.com/support.html .  If you'd like to be a guest chatter, contact Tiffani at tlawton@pamperedpreggerandbeyond.com .

USA Today's Health Blog "Better Life" & Postpartum Progress

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????!!!!!!! 

Forgive me for yelling, but I can't contain my excitement.  I found out this week that USA Today's Health blog, called Better Life and written by Rita Rubin, inludes Postpartum Progress in its list of blogs worth reading.   Rita was a medical reporter for USA Today for 10 years before taking on the newspaper's health blog.  Prior to joining USA Today she was a medical reporter for U.S. News & World Report and the Dallas Morning News.  One of her top news interests is women's health, and we are so lucky that she thinks the topic of perinatal mood disorders is important enough to include on Better Life.  Her list of blogs worth reading also includes those of the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Mayo Clinic, Revolution Health and Organized Wisdom (where, by the way, I put together the wisdom card on postpartum depression). 

Please go check out the Better Life blog and support it as much as you can!

Jenny's Light Foundation Launches New Website

Jenny's Light, the foundation created in memory of the loss of Jennifer Gibbs Bankston and her newborn baby Graham late last year to postpartum depression, has relaunched its website with more resources, including information on suicide support and postpartum support.  The organization will focus on providing postpartum support and education in the states of Alabama, California, Louisiana and Minnesota.   

Backstage Web Interview from The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet on FOX

Here's a link to my interview after the show last week on "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet", a nationally syndicated FOX morning program.  We're still trying to figure out how to download the actual on-air interview from Tivo so I can share it here.  But here's the other piece for your viewing pleasure ;>) 

http://www.mandjshow.com/videos/postpartum-depression/

Postpartum Progress Appears on CNN.com

Today, Postpartum Progress was featured, however briefly, with a link on CNN.com.  Health correspondent Elizabeth Cohen did a story on 5 mistakes parents make with newborns, and then offered quotes from 3 different blogging moms, including one from me on postpartum depression.  Click here for the link, and then click on the postpartum depression tab once you get there.  I'm so glad they were willing to include a little something on postpartum mood disorders!!

Women's Health Matters Blog Covers Light Therapy

This is a nice post from the blog Women's Health Matters, written by Dr. Leigh Ann Simmons, about light therapy as a potential for treating PPD.

Postpartum Progress on Yahoo! Wahoo!

I'm very excited to share with you a post that appeared on Yahoo! last week, written by Dory Devlin, about Postpartum Progress.  Each one of you really makes this blog what it is and I thank you for your presence and your readership!!  Check out the link here ...

P.S.  The story links to the Postpartum Support International website as well!

New Blog Tracks Pregnancy for PPOCD Survivor

Lauren Hale, the PSI co-coordinator for the state of Georgia, has started a blog in which she will write about her current pregnancy.  This is her third, it was unexpected, and she has already experienced PPOCD twice with her first two children.  If you'd like to follow along, go to www.unexpectedblessing.wordpress.com.

New PPD Awareness Campaign in Ontario, Canada

The province of Ontario in Canada has launched a new public awareness campaign on postpartum depression.  Here's some info from the Toronto Star:

"A new public awareness campaign launched this month is aimed at bringing the topic of postpartum mood disorders out of the closet to help struggling mothers ... find the support and treatment they need. And to let them know they aren't alone.

One of its slogans: 'Life with a new baby is not always what you expect.'

The campaign, launched by Best Start, an Ontario-government funded resource centre for mothers and young children, includes subway posters, shopping mall ads, television and radio clips, a 12-page brochure with information, strategies and resources for getting help, and a website (lifewithnewbaby.ca). Telehealth Ontario is also a partner, providing phone consultation and links to services and treatment for mothers needing help.

Hiltrud Dawson, health promotion consultant with Best Start, said several tragic deaths of women with postpartum mood disorders and their children over the past few years highlighted the need for more public information.

A survey by Leger Marketing last year showed that 80 percent of Canadians had heard of postpartum mood disorders, which affect one in five women and are treatable and in many cases preventable. But Dawson said there are still many misconceptions about the illness and many spouses and family members don't know what to do or how to seek help.

Campaign resources will help them distinguish the difference between 'baby blues' which affect most mothers but fade in a couple of weeks, and postpartum depression, which doesn't pass and can become debilitating. And it explains postpartum psychosis, a serious disorder that has generated headlines but is very rare, causing mothers to lose touch with reality and think about harming themselves and their babies."

Maryland Launches "Healthy New Moms" Campaign

Maryland has launched a new statewide campaign called Healthy New Moms: Maryland's Campaign to End Depression During & After Pregnancy.   It's a public information and provider education campaign that promotes mental and physical wellness in new mothers and their families.  The campaign features what looks like a very comprehensive and easy-to-use website that is split into four main categories:  What Causes Perinatal Depression?, How is Perinatal Depression Treated?, You Will Get Better and Provider Resources.  It provides information on support groups in Maryland, and includes some helpful contacts for sufferers with low incomes or no insurance.  WAY TO GO, MARYLAND!!!!!!!

PSI Launches New Website

PSI has just relaunched its website and it is looking much better!!  Very nicely done ... although I have to admit I'm completely bummed that there is no link to Postpartum Progress in their links section.  Anyway, I suggest you stop by the site if you haven't been there in a while.