Let me start by saying how thankful I am for #raymondthesecond and how incredible he really is. I love him more than I could ever express. He is 2 years old and I enjoy every day with him. With that said, I feel it is necessary to talk about where I was during his first Read more about Survivor of PPD[…]

“Any drug allergies?” the doctor asks. I’m seeing a new physician during the after hours clinic at my regular doctor’s office. I think I might have pink eye and I want to make sure the cold I’ve been nursing for a week isn’t pneumonia. “No,” I say, which is a lie. But it shouldn’t matter. Read more about A drug allergy and the memory of my postpartum psychosis[…]

I titled this post Great Expectations because expectations played a big part in my experience with PPD/PPA. Having had PPD/PPA with my first child, I knew there was a 50/50 chance it would return. I even had a plan. But somehow I thought maybe it wouldn’t. The writing was on the wall. I was having Read more about Great Expectations: My Experience with Postpartum Depression[…]

I didn’t realize I had postpartum depression until my son was nearly a year old. Instead of thinking I was sick, I thought the vision I had of motherhood was a sham and a lie. I wasn’t entirely wrong. I was also in more trouble than I knew. As someone who had never experienced mental Read more about Babies Are The Worst (and other things I thought with PPD)[…]

Avant notre voyage à Ottawa pour un suivie pour l’œil à mon fils, que j’ai dit à mon marie que j’étais tanner de souffrir, qu’il devait sûrement avoir un medicament ou quel que chose sur la terre qui pouvais m’aider. Anxiété à journée longue depuis des années, c’est en revenant de mon voyage que j’ai Read more about Un jour j’y arriverais[…]

I was diagnosed with postpartum anxiety after having my first child who is now 3 years old. I still have my moments of high anxiety but I remember in such a dark place I was in while she was just a newborn. It makes me so sad that I can’t fully remember those days when Read more about I thought I had lost my mind![…]