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• Clinical Depression Could You Have It?

  Published: August 4, 2007, 5:15 pm

  Tags: Health, Bipolar Depression, Clinical Depression, Dysthimia, Mental Illness, Physical Stress, Postpartum Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder

  illness, physical stress, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorderIf you enjoyed this post invite me to drink a

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• What's the Deal with: Diastasis

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Abdominal Separation, Abs, Diastasis, Postpartum, Rectus Abdminus, Splint, Test For Diastasis, Tva

  It should come as no surprise that pregnancy can pull quite a number on a woman's body. The weight gain, the hormonal changes, the carrying a nine pound bowling ball in your belly these things all add up and can change a few things anatomically. One very common after effect of pregnancy is diastasis when the top layer of abdominals, the

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• 100 things about me: Part 9

  Published: July 23, 2007, 12:36 pm

  Tags: Personal Thoughts, Fashion, Friends, Kids, Mental Health, Mental State, Music, Pen, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Shoes

  about my mental state postpartum. 85. I've grown apart from my childhood friends to the point where the only thing that ties us together is our history of growing up together. 86. I like fashion. 87. I'm not a fashionista. 88. I love shoes. 89. I have more than 30 pairs of shoes. 90. I almost always carry a pen with me

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• Encountering your (naked) past

  Published: September 9, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: Anesthesiologist, Awkward Momming Moments, Awkwardmommingmoments, C Section, Drugs During Labor, Drugsduringlabor, Loving Your Anesthesiologist, Lovingyouranesthesiologist, Postpartum, Pregnancy

  one who I, along with other postpartum moms swooned over like groupies when we saw him walking down the hospital corridors. "Isn't he wonderful!" "I LOVE THAT MAN!" "He was so nice, I don't know what I would have done without him." The guy whose only encounters with me were when I was swollen beyond recognition and naked on a table waiting for a

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• The Truth About Postpartum Depression

  Published: September 18, 2007, 6:10 pm

  Tags: Health, Being Pregnant, Brooke Shield, Brooke Shields, Childbirth, Postpartum Depression, Scientology, Strenuous Activities, Taking Medicine, Tom Cruise

  a type of depression, called postpartum depression. Tom Cruise’s and Brooke’s debacle started when Tom Cruise openly disapproved of Brooke Shield’s personal choice of opting to take prescribed medicines to cure her postpartum depression, when he guested at the Today Show. According to Tom Cruise, who is a popular devotee of

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• Helping Yourself With Depression

  Published: September 21, 2007, 8:16 pm

  Tags: Health, Bipolar Depression, Depression Treatment, Dysthimia, Mood Swings, Physical Stress, Postpartum Depression, Psychiatrist, Self Delusion, Suffering From Depression, Symptoms Of Depression, Types Of Depression

  swings, physical stress, postpartum depression, psychiatrist, self delusion, suffering from depression, symptoms of depression, types of depressionDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• If You Are A Mother, Know A Mother or Have A Mother, You Need To Know About Postpartum Mood Disorders

  Published: September 28, 2007, 9:55 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Maternal Health, Motherhood, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Ocd, Postpartum Psychosis

  with breast cancer.  Postpartum depression (PPD) is only one in a spectrum of perinatal mood disorders.  These include antenatal depression (depression during pregnancy), PPD, postpartum OCD/anxiety, postpartum psychosis and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder.  Each manifests itself slightly differently and may require

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• 100 things about me: Part 9

  Published: July 23, 2007, 12:36 pm

  Tags: Personal Thoughts, Fashion, Friends, Kids, Mental Health, Mental State, Music, Pen, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Shoes

  about my mental state postpartum. 85. I've grown apart from my childhood friends to the point where the only thing that ties us together is our history of growing up together. 86. I like fashion. 87. I'm not a fashionista. 88. I love shoes. 89. I have more than 30 pairs of shoes. 90. I almost always carry a pen with me everywhere I

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• First comes the baby, then comes the boob job

  Published: October 6, 2007, 6:14 pm

  Tags: Body Image, Fashion Shopping, Feminism Gender, Breast Implants, Mom Job, Plastic Surgery, Postpartum Body, Tummy Tuck

  The idea is to restore your postpartum body to its prepartum glory. Never mind that your body probably wasn't perfect before the baby, either. It will be now. And we all know that having the perfect body is what really makes you a good mother. Right? Wrong. The "mommy makeover" is problematic for a lot of reasons; Natasha Singer, writing

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• Help Mothers Everywhere: Join Blog Day for the MOTHERS Act on October 24th

  Published: October 12, 2007, 7:58 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Social Change Non Profits Ngos, Blog Day For The Mothers Act, Blogher, Bloghers Act, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Progress, Postpartum Support International

  etc. * Publish your post on postpartum depression and the MOTHERS Act on Wednesday, October 24th and don't forget to tag your post with: Blog Day for the MOTHERS Act, BlogHers Act, BlogHer, Postpartum Progress, Postpartum Support International, postpartum depression * MAKE THOSE CALLS!! * Once you've blogged, be sure to go back to the BlogHer

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• In Health News: Autism Awareness, Maternal Health, and Postpartum Depression

  Published: October 16, 2007, 4:46 am

  Tags: Bloghers Act, Feminism Gender, Health Wellness, Mommy Family, Autism, Maternal Health, Postpartum Depression

  Katherine Stone suffered postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder with the birth of her son in 2001. She is now an advocate for women with postpartum mood disorders, primarily through her blog Postpartum Progress, the most widely-read blog in the United States on these illnesses, which include postpartum depression, postpartum OCD and

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• Bill passed to expand postpartum depression research

  Published: October 16, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Abortion, Anxiety, Baby Blues, Babyblues, Depression, Mom, Mother, Mothers, New Mothers, Newmothers, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychosis, Postpartumdepression, Postpartumpsychosis

  experience some sort of postpartum depression. These women suffer mood swings and often feel irritable and overwhelmed after giving birth. Between 10 and 20 percent of new mothers suffer from more severe mood and anxiety disorders, which can occur during the pregnancy and up to a year after giving birth. And postpartum psychosis, where a

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• The Overdisclosure Age: Dear Jessica Ashley's husband: We're sorry ...

  Published: October 18, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Postpartum Manpression, The Modern Love Society, The Overdisclosure Age, We Do Too Care, We Hate Your Kids

  Dear Jessica Ashley's husband: We're sorry to learn from your wife's blog-leavings that you've been depressed for the last three years, ever since you had a kid! That is rough. You should maybe seek...

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• How has becoming a mother changed you?

  Published: October 18, 2007, 12:31 pm

  Tags: Motherhood Parenting Pregnancy Birth Postpartum Parentin, Motherhood Parenting Pregnancyandbirth Postpartum Parentinglifes

  Filed under: Infertility, Lifestyle, Pregnancy and Birth, Feminism, Parental relationshipsI recently wrote about how motherhood is often held up as a pinnacle experience for women by society: a defining experience that makes you more whole or more something than you were before you became the mother of a small person who has absolutely zero regard

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• Broadsides: One Baby's Barley Water Is Another Baby's Breast Milk

  Published: October 19, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Birth Control, Breast Cancer, Breast Milk, Broadsides, Burqas, Child Molestation, Hilary Clinton, Postpartum, Rape, Revenge, Women S Health

  Yay, heart-warming story! The International Breast Milk Project ships breast milk, or liquid gold, to Africa, where nine-thousand bottles is enough to feed six babies for a year. Being that lil' Suri... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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