When December Doesn’t Make You Merry

When December Doesn’t Make You Merry

This time of year is one of the most difficult for anyone living with depression, anxiety, or other mood disorders. Expectations, along with reminders for what makes a wonderful holiday season surround us around the clock. Have you baked your cookies? Did you mail out...
Battling PPD During the Holidays

Battling PPD During the Holidays

[Editor’s Note: The holidays can feel hard for any new mom, but especially so for one in the throes of postpartum depression and anxiety. Kelly Bailey went through it last year and bravely shares her story here today. Thank you, Kelly. -Jenna] One year ago this...
How Trauma Complicated My Postpartum Anxiety

How Trauma Complicated My Postpartum Anxiety

Anxiety left unchecked turns everything into a crisis. My postpartum anxiety mainly centered around my daughters. I was convinced that each cough, each fever, and every infection was the one that would send my daughters into the hospital.   I constantly checked each...

Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

One of the main themes on our Patient Forum is the fear that something is physically wrong with the struggling mama.  This fear can paralyze a mama from action.  First things first, get a physical to make sure that you do not have any physical conditions that could be...