Things to be thankful for……
Now that we are approaching Thanksgiving, I am more aware about the things for which I am thankful.  I am thankful for my husband’s continuous support in my book and blogging efforts (both of us hope to see the fruits of my labor on the former transition into a finished piece real soon!). I will be forever thankful for the miracle of our sweet little girl. I am thankful for the inspiration that my fellow PPD bloggers Katherine Stone, Lauren Hale, and Amber Koter Puline provide daily. I am thankful for my PPD experience (I kid you not), which has ignited a passion for advocacy and awareness. Last but far from least, I a

Fellow PPD Blogger’s PPD Video on WebMD
Just a real quickie from me today to share the PPD video of fellow blogger over at Beyond Postpartum, Amber Koter Puline.  It’s a great video, so please be sure to check it out!    For those who are currently struggling with PPD, a reminder to NEVER give up hope.  You will be well again.  And once you are, I hope you will join in awareness and advocacy efforts of other PPD survivors!    With education, there will be less ignorance.  With less ignorance, there will be less stigma.  We need more PPD videos like Amber’s, more PPD blogs, more media covera

November 17, 2009 – Blogging to Promote Awareness of Premature Births
They say that the reason for nearly half of all the preterm births–which amounts to 10 million babies– that occur each year is unknown.   While thanks to the miracles of modern technology and medicine, many preterm babies are nursed to health, the rate of preterm births is increasing, and all too many that are nursed to health face lifelong challenges.  Per the Bloggers Unite site, the rate has increased 31% since 1981.  Per the March of Dimes website, one in eight babies born in the U.S. is prematur

Speak Up When You Hear Ignorant Comments About PPD
I wasn’t planning to post anything until Tuesday, November 17th, which is the blog for Prematurity Awareness Day…that is, until I saw the incredibly ignorant comments about PPD in the chain of comments on the Wall Street Journal Blog post “Medications During Pregnancy: A Vexing Dilemma” that Katherine over at Postpartum Progress pointed out on her blog yesterday.   The Wall S

Ignorant Comments About PPD Should NEVER Be Tolerated!
I wasn’t planning to post anything until Tuesday, November 17th, which is the blog for Prematurity Awareness Day…that is, until I saw the incredibly ignorant comments about PPD in the chain of comments on the Wall Street Journal Blog post “Medications During Pregnancy: A Vexing Dilemma” that Katherine over at Postpartum Progress pointed out on her blog yesterday.   The Wall S