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Postpartum depression (PPD) can cause strain on a marriage or relationship. Depression, coupled with a new baby to take care of and other changes, can create challenges in your partnership...

Editorial Note: Nominations for 2024 are now closed. We are very excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Social Health Awards program! The Social Health Awards is an awards...

Editor's Note: For simplicity and ease of reading, in this community, we use the term "mothers" to refer to pregnant people and those who have given birth. But we want...

Becoming a mother is a life-changing experience. Nothing compares to the joy and excitement of holding your newborn baby for the first time. However, along with the joy of motherhood...

We decided to embrace the chaos as a family and our second child was born. He had some breathing problems and had to be admitted to the NICU. Not leaving...

Surviving postpartum depression as a couple can be a challenge, but a very rewarding one with effort. Too often, we hear heartbreaking testimonies of relationships unraveling as one partner grapples...

As a doula, I've spoken with many new parents about struggles in bonding with their new baby. Whether it takes minutes, hours, days, weeks or even months, for some parents...

Postpartum is hard. Postpartum depression (PPD) makes it harder. Add in the societal stigma mothers face with the diagnosis, and existence becomes even more difficult. Of all the people in...

Many people assume postpartum depression (PPD) only affects women. However, new fathers can also experience depression after their child is born. PPD is not diagnosed as much as it occurs...

With the help of therapy, I have been exploring the idea of reparenting my inner child. We all have an inner child who has experienced trauma in life, which can...

When I was much younger, even before I thought I wanted kids, I remember my mom telling me a story about her experience with postpartum depression (PPD). For the first...

Are there any moms out there who feel like they may be struggling with postpartum depression but aren't ready to seek therapy just yet? I understand that admitting you need...

The terms "transgender" and "nonbinary" refer to people whose perception of their own gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth (male or female). For example, transgender men...

It was 5:00 a.m. on "test day" – 8 days after my frozen embryo transfer, and I was alone in my bathroom, holding my breath as I waited for my...

As a new mom, I was hit with a wave of emotions I never thought possible. The joy and excitement of bringing a new life into the world was overwhelming...

The relationship between breastfeeding and postpartum depression (PPD) is complicated. Years of research on breastfeeding and maternal mental health have mixed and often conflicting results. While the connection between PPD...

This is probably the hardest post I'll write. But I think it's critical to write, because there wasn't anything I could find on the topic when I initially looked, 2...

Would you like to share your experience with postpartum depression and help others? We're looking to add new voices to our Patient Leader team and would love to meet you!...

In 2018, we met our excellent doula, Vanessa Johnson, via a referral and immediately knew she would be the one. Her fantastic energy radiated, and right away, I felt so...

Developing anxiety after having a baby is not uncommon. According to a 2018 study, 1 in 5 women are highly anxious during the postpartum period, which begins after the birth...