Celebrating Maternal Mental Health Month

By April 29, 2013 1 Comment
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May is Maternal Mental Health Month, so as you might imagine there are lots of things going on. Here are a few:

The California Maternal Mental Heath Collaborative will hold a press conference, panel discussion and networking luncheon on Monday, May 6th at the capitol in Sacramento, CA.  The Collaborative will also be launching The 2020 Mom Project, which sets forth an alternative path for awareness, prevention and treatment by engaging hospitals and health insurance companies. To learn more about these events and to attend, click here.

May 12th, Mother’s Day, is the 5th annual Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health right here at Postpartum Progress. All you have to do is pull up a chair and pull up our website on your computer, tablet or smartphone to get massive doses of love, understanding and wisdom from lots of moms who’ve had postpartum depression and anxiety and the like. We can’t wait to see you!!!!

The Postpartum Health Alliance of San Diego will host its 6th annual Mamafest on May 17th. Watch their website as more details get released soon.

The inaugural “Ribbons and Roses Luncheon” celebrating women’s mental health will be held Wednesday, May 22nd, from 11:30 – 1pm at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas.  It is the first major fundraiser for the Yates Children Memorial Fund. Lucy Puryear, MD, a perinatal mood and anxiety expert named one of the best doctors in America, will be the keynote speaker. For more information or to attend, click here.

The Postpartum Resource Center of New York is holding numerous training events related to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in May. Click here for details.

ALSO, from now until Mother’s Day, you get FREE shipping on purchases of Jammies by Helene Laure. Get one as a gift, or for your own baby!! Don’t forget that a percentage of the proceeds of these adorable baby jammies go to Postpartum Progress. To order, click here.

And, you can still participate in Stella & Dot jewelry sale to benefit Postpartum Progress. If you’d love a piece of stylish jewelry for Mother’s Day, be sure to let your family know this is the place to shop!

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April 29, 2013 1:08 pm Filed Under: Awareness

Help Celebrate Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in Georgia

By February 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
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I’m happy to share that this week (February 3-9, 2013) is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in the state of Georgia, as proclaimed by Governor Nathan Deal. Kudos to Mental Health America of Georgia’s Project Healthy Moms and the newly formed Georgia Coalition on Maternal Mental Health for working so hard to make it happen. Here are some of the activities taking place:

  • Advocates for maternal mental health will meet at the Georgia Capitol on February 6th at 3:00pm. If you’d like to be there to press your state government officials to do more for healthy families, meet them at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building room 606, 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA, 30334.
  • You can learn about maternal mental health at Northside Hospital’s cafeteria on February 7th from 11am-2pm, where they will be providing information about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), as well as information about local resources.
  • The Project Healthy Moms Warmline, which provides peer support for Georgia residents who may be experiencing PMADs, will be offered in Spanish starting this week!
  • County health departments and home visiting programs throughout Georgia will be receiving e-toolkits with information about screening and resources supporting maternal mental health.
  • Project Healthy Moms is partnering with the March of Dimes NICU program to provide new mothers with information about local mental health resources.
  • The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies February newsletter will feature an article about maternal mental health written by the Project Healthy Moms Program Manager.

Please contact Liz Smulian ([email protected] ) for more information about Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week in Georgia, and visit the website to learn more about Project Healthy Moms and resources for healthcare providers and pregnant and postpartum women.

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February 4, 2013 12:15 pm Filed Under: Awareness

PPD Training for Georgia Healthcare Providers

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Are you in Georgia? Want me to come see you? Then you should know about Project Healthy Moms. Through this program I’ve been traveling the state speaking to med school students and others about postpartum depression and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.  [Read more...]

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September 18, 2012 4:54 pm Filed Under: Awareness, Postpartum Depression

Postpartum Depression Survivor Among Top 10 Canadian Mom Bloggers

By August 20, 2012 2 Comments
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So happy for and proud of Robin Farr, who is a postpartum depression survivor, Warrior Mom, Postpartum Progress contributor and author of the blog Farewell Stranger, for being selected among the top 10 Canadian “Mommy Bloggers” by Reader’s Digest Canada. Way to go, Robin!!!!!! Woohoo!! Thank you for what you do to spread awareness of postpartum depression.

See the story here.

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August 20, 2012 11:03 am Filed Under: Awareness