Latest Blog Posts for Ivy's PPD Blog

• Postpartum Insomnia Series – Story 2: KIM
  on Aug 8, 2016 in maternal mental health motherhood postpartum postpartum anxiety postpartum insomnia postpartum mood disorder perinatal mood disorders Postpartum Insomnia Chronicles postpartum mood disorders postpartum ocd
  This is the second of the series of posts about postpartum insomnia.  I met Kim recently via the closed Facebook group for Postpartum Support International.  Insomnia was one of the symptoms that she suffered as a consequence of postpartum anxiety...
• Postpartum Insomnia Series – Story 1: MRS. J
  on Jun 27, 2016 in postpartum anxiety postpartum depression postpartum insomnia postpartum mood disorder PPD cholestasis gestational diabetes insomnia Postpartum Insomnia Chronicles prenatal depression
  I want to thank Mrs. J for sharing her postpartum insomnia story with us.  She reached out to me via my blog a little over 2 months ago and we’ve corresponded via email since then.  Her twins are now just over 3 months old, and she is relieved an...
• What I Know Now About Introversion I Wish I’d Known Earlier
  on May 30, 2016 in childhood introversion extroversion Quiet Revolution Quinn Cummings shyness Susan Cain
  I have this post to thank for bringing me out of the woodwork to blog for the first time in about a month: “Life as an Introverted Child Star.”  What caught my attention was a Quiet Revolution meme that popped up in my Facebook feed this...
• Hats off to Chicago Med
  on Apr 20, 2016 in depression mental health postpartum depression postpartum mood disorder PPD Chicago Med Dick Wolf postpartum mood disorders
  I just watched my 3rd episode of “Chicago Med”….yet another brilliant TV show created by Dick Wolf of “Law & Order” fame. My only regret was not discovering this show sooner! This show has a thoughtfully-written scr...
• Sounds of Silence 8th Annual Run/Walk – May 14, 2016
  on Apr 2, 2016 in fundraiser maternal mental health mothers postpartum depression PPD Erin Mascaro Jones Beach Lisa Reilly postpartum resource center of new york Sounds of Silence Foundation
  Join the Sounds of Silence, Friends of the Postpartum Resource Center of New York’s 8th annual run/walk to help raise funds in the effort to increase awareness of perinatal mood disorders, such as postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum OCD, and p...
• Postpartum Bipolar Disorder: The Invisible Postpartum Mood Disorder
  on Apr 2, 2016 in maternal mental health postpartum depression postpartum mood and anxiety disorders postpartum mood disorder PPD Birth of a New Brain Dyane Leshin-Harwood hypergraphia postpartum bipolar disorder postpartum mood disorders postpartum psychosis
  In response to my blog post from February 3, 2016 titled “15%-21% of Moms Suffer from a Perinatal Mood Disorder” in which I mention yet another mother who suffered from a postpartum condition that resulted in tragedy, fellow maternal men...
• #‎byebyewinter‬ ‪#‎hellospring‬ ‪#‎goodbyewintergreys‬ ‪#‎hellospringcolors‬
  on Mar 12, 2016 in thankfulness #‎byebyewinter‬ #‎hellospringcolors‬ ‪#‎goodbyewintergreys‬ ‪ ‪#‎hellospring‬ ‪
  Not quite spring yet (only 7 days away) and I can’t contain my excitement.  I just had to stop and take a picture on a neighboring street when I saw, to my great delight, my very first blooming tree of the season in the area.  This particula...
• 15%-21% of Moms Suffer from a Perinatal Mood Disorder
  on Feb 3, 2016 in maternal mental health mothers perinatal depression postpartum postpartum depression PPD stigma Carol Coronado Heidi Koss perinatal mood disorders postpartum blues postpartum ocd postpartum psychosis Postpartum Support International
  For the longest time they were saying between 1 out of 8 women suffer from a perinatal (before, during or after childbirth) mood disorder.  Then, they said between 1 out of 7.  And more recently, literature indicates it’s now approximately 1...
• History in the Making for Maternal Mental Health Advocates
  on Jan 27, 2016 in maternal mental health mental health mothers perinatal depression postpartum postpartum depression postpartum mood disorder PPD stigma Heidi Koss maternal mental health advocates New York Times NPR perinatal mood disorders postpartum mood disorders Postpartum Support International PPD screening screening U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Wendy Davis
  I’ve been super busy at work these days, sometimes having to work at night, which is why I haven’t blogged much lately. But I couldn’t let today go by without mentioning the announcement today about a major step in the right directi...
• My Wish for You This Holiday Season
  on Dec 23, 2015 in holiday season #payitforward Jimmy Carter making a difference pay it forward postpartum depression PPD
  With Christmas in 2 days and 2016 in 9 days, I wanted to wish you a lovely Christmas and a joyous New Year. May 2016 hold promises of more peace, more empathy, more generosity, more love, more open-mindedness…..less fighting and violence, less...

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