Postpartum Matters

I don’t have a problem asking for help. That’s partly because, for example, : I don’t pretend to be strong and independent if I’m not feeling that way at the moment (Honey, will you go with me to my mammogram, I’m nervous ). I don’t worry about what others might think (Yes, I am happy to make a fool of myself and embarrass my adult children if I have an irrepressible need to express something that I am not happy about. I am unimpressed if my own healthcare providers think I

Illustration from "GOOD MOMS Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman and Molly McIntyre Clinician note: The risk of suicide is significantly...

Karen Kleiman, Owner, The Postpartum Stress Center, The Karen Kleiman Training Center, and author of Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts  and...

Reposting old post on behalf of PREMATURITY DAY I wonder, now, why I have such conflicting thoughts about this place.  A place I knew as...