Postpartum Matters

Tips for Talking to Your Provider

Choose the healthcare provider you are most comfortable with, whether it’s your obstetrician, pediatrician, midwife, or family doctor....

Postpartum Depression: Whose Problem is it?

Healthcare providers please take heed. Postpartum depression and anxiety are getting tons of attention in the media. From catastrophic...

A Note to New Dads - You might think you're just irritable but you could be depressed.

You might not want to hear this, but if you're not feeling so good since having a baby, it's possible that you may be experiencing...

9 Ways Motherhood Can Break Your Spirit (& tips to help you heal)

Source: 123rf.com Postpartum depression and anxiety are getting more attention now than ever before. That's the good news. The...

ASK FOR HELP: It can be a matter of life and death

I don’t have a problem asking for help. That’s partly because I don’t pretend to be strong and independent if I’m not feeling that way at...

What You Didn't Expect When You Were Expecting

20 years ago...... Karen Kleiman was talking about protecting new moms from the pitfalls of unrealistic expectations and how transparency...

Do Not Stop Until You Find the Right Help

This is what you should do if you think you might have postpartum depression You've recently had a baby. You are more than 3 weeks...

The Perinatal Patient: A Word from Karen Kleiman

THE FOLLOWING IS THE AFTERWORD FROM OUR NEW BOOK: THE PERINATAL PATIENT: A COMPASSIONATE APPROACH TO TREATING POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION,...

Is Breast Always Best?

First written in 1999 in response to a perinatal woman who died by suicide. The message is all around us, breast is best. Human milk is...

Is Authentic Suffering the Missing Link? We cannot afford to miss this.

Originally Posted July 18, 2017 A CAUTIONARY NOTE TO THERAPISTS WHO THINK THEY CAN/SHOULD TREAT PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM WOMEN WITHOUT...