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Category Archives: Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy
Being a new parent can feel overwhelming
There is nothing quite as life-changing as becoming a parent. As a childless person you may have imagined what it would be like to become a parent. Maybe you pictured yourself rocking a sweet, sleeping baby; having fun picking out … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Depression & Anxiety After Birth, Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Pregnancy
Tagged adjusting, anxiety, depression, father, Halton Perinatal Mood Disorder Coalition, mother, new parent, perinatal mood disorders, PMD, postpartum, PPD, pregnant, Services
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Surviving Postpartum Day 3: I Wish I Knew
Back and forth and back and forth in the rocking chair, babe in arms, singing You Are My Sunshine in monotone whilst bawling my eyes out for an entire day – that was my postpartum day 3. Or was it … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Depression & Anxiety After Birth, Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy, Parenting, Pregnancy, Preparing to Breastfeed
Tagged baby blues vs. PPD, beastfeeding, first few days after baby, first few days after birth, first few days postpartum, hand express breast milk, hand expression, Mental Health, Physical Health, postpartum blues, PPD, PPMD, skin to skin, you are not alone
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Talk to me – I’m just like you
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo Buscaglia … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Depression & Anxiety After Birth, Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Pregnancy, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged Children's Mental Health, children's mental health poem, emotional health, emotional wellbeing, kindness, Mental Health, mental health poem, mental health stigma, mental health week, school health, special needs
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Pregnancy and Parenting after Infertility
This post is the second in our Year of the Family 2014 series, a celebration of families. The pain and loneliness of infertility It took 3 years, 2 pregnancy losses and 4 intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles for my husband and me … Continue reading