two differ, after discussing her potential plans to stop breastfeeding her baby: "One afternoon at the playground last summer, shortly after the birth of my third child, I made the mistake of idly musing about breast-feeding to a group of new mothers I’ ...
This Mother's Day -- Sunday, May 10 -- Postpartum Progress will host the first annual Mother's Day Rally for Moms' Mental Health. This online event will feature 24 open letters to new mothers on the importance of maternal mental health. All of the ...
Wake up, women. Wake up people who work to prevent child abuse, people who work to prevent suicide, people who work to prevent preterm births, people who care about healthy families. Wake up, people who care about motherhood. Wake up, women of America. ...
ABC Television contacted Postpartum Support International several weeks ago to say they were doing a story about postpartum depression on an episode of "Private Practice" and wanted to do a public service announcement (PSA) with information about the ...
With all this discussion of book banning, I thought I'd share a phrase or two I'd like to ban. Well, not ban I guess, because I believe in free speech. So how about a phrase or two I really wish people wouldn't use? At the top of my list right now ...
I don't usually write about politics, but I can't help myself. I just have to speak about what feels to me like a double standard when it comes to Sarah Palin. I'm surprised by the people who want equal rights for women so that they can do all the ...
In a sad way, it was comforting to me to learn that so many other people are as frustrated as we are in trying to get bills passed to provide assistance to everyday Americans who need real help. Some of these organizations, including PSI, have been ...
Today, America's mothers, infants and families have reason to be encouraged and to reach out to their state senators to again request their support of The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act in its final push to passage. YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD and this ...
First the celebrity blogs were obsessed with creating new names for the famous couples in Hollywood - TomKat, Bennifer, Brangelina. Next, they became obsessed with figuring out which stars were pregnant, pointing out both real and imagined "baby bumps" ...
I've come to realize that for some reason, there are a lot of booksellers out there who just don't feel it's important to offer a single book on postpartum depression or related illnesses for sale in their stores. I don't know why. I think that's a ...
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