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C221073I’m back!  Personal illness, tykes with fevers and legal separation issues can’t keep me away for long.  It’s been a heck of a time, but knowing all you supportive mamas (and papas!) are out there has helped enormously.   So here you go,  a fresh serving of some of the best postpartum depression information on the web.  Check them out and show them some love for the great work they’re doing!

The Power & Influence of Grandmothers – Mommy Movement – I do a lot of speaking to healthcare workers in my state of Georgia about my passion, the proper identification and treatment of women with postpartum depression. One thing I’ve been curious about is increased stigma about PPD among …

What to do about post partum depression | Project Happily Ever After – My mother and my grandmother had all of the classic symptoms of post partum depression, don’t you think? But when, roughly 6 years ago, I filled out that intake form that every pregnant woman fills out, I checked “No” for the question …

Study Finds Support Groups Significantly Reduce Postpartum … – Science Daily reported this week on a new study published March 7 in Lancet finding that women’s support groups “have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates” in India, while also significantly reducing postpartum …

Welcome to the Nut House: Are You Suffering from Postpartum … – You can also read about how I discovered I suffering from Postpartum Depression in this post, Postpartum Depression: Mama’s Losin’ It. If you think you might have PPD, please talk to someone about it. …

Income Influences Postpartum Depression | Psych Central News – A new study discovers more than half of low-income urban mothers meet the criteria for a diagnosis of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months.

Do YOU have a postpartum depression story or resource you’d like to share with my readers?  Drop me a note and let me know!

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woman typingWARNING: Some of you will vehemently disagree with what I’m about to write.  If you are in the camp that believes I should be spreading  only sweetness and light around the world, stop reading right now.  Personally, I think you deserve my honesty…why trust any advice I give on empowering your life if I don’t have a clue about the difficulties you’re facing?  If you’re a mom who has ever gone through any kind of major life transition (and who among us hasn’t?!), you’ll appreciate my top ten tips on how to feel like sh**:

1.  Warm up (amateur style) by having your eight year old notice your spider veins and proceed to announce their existence to every available person in the grocery store and/or doctor’s office. 

The more, the better. 

Any segueway will do. 

Try this: “Wow – did you see that spider?  My mommy has spider veins – she might show you if you ask.  Wanna see?!”

If you’re really on a roll, have her inquire publicly as to your age so she can comment to anyone within earshot: “You look really good for 39!  Almost as good as if you were in your twenties.” 

To which you can respond mentally with “You mean, when I still had my youth and beauty…before you hijacked my body?  Gee, thanks.”

 

2.  Postpone Valentine’s Day preparations as long as possible.  Because this particular holiday SUCKS if you’re in the middle of a separation. 

Then take a trip across the Canadian border at the last minute to try to find some red construction paper at the store. 

Which of course they won’t have.

This will ensure you return empty handed with two forlorn children while the American border guard quizzes you about your employment.

Be sure NOT to properly value your online work. 

It is essential that he ask loudly, in front of your kids, “You mean, you don’t have a JOB?”  This will erase your dignity while bringing a lovely flush to your cheeks. 

Does it take a little more to rattle you? 

Have him ask your four year old how to pronounce her middle name. 

Taryn.

Kind of like Tara, except that four and a half years ago, you rejected that (easier) middle name upon discovering that, once upon a time, your husband proposed to a woman named Tara.    

Anyway, the answer to this question should verify whether she is the same child you pushed out of your body twenty minutes after crawling through the front doors of the hospital. 

The one noted on the birth certificate he is staring at. 

Of course, she will have NO idea what her middle name is, because you’ve used it maybe two times in four years.  One of which was when you were applying for said birth certificate. 

 

What’s that I see?  Are you smiling?! 

Clearly you need part two of my How to Feel Like Sh** series…

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February 15, 2010

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Related Posts Mommy-Muse.comTM Favorites: Win Your Own Gift Box from Earth Mama Angel Baby Organics! Here is your chance to win a gift box of your choice from Earth Mama Angel Baby Organics on the Tuesday, December 9th episode of The Mommy-Muse [...]

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Healing Touch for All Ages: Part Two

February 9, 2010

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February 8, 2010

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Personal or Professional: What Type of Talk “Therapy” Keeps You Going?(trends)

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Fresh Serving of The Week’s Best PPD Posts

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Loving your good thoughts and e-hugs over this past two weeks – what a difference kind words make in a stressed mama’s life!  Here is the promised serving of this week’s picks for PPD posts:
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One of Those Weeks

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There are “those days” and then there are “those weeks,” when we get through moment to moment instead of day by day.  I apologize for the long absence in blog posts, but know you will understand when I say this has been one of THOSE WEEKS!  I am hanging in there, and positive thoughts are [...]

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