The weeks and months following childbirth bring profound physical, emotional, and psychological changes that can overwhelm even the most prepared new parents. While some degree of mood fluctuation, ...

Witnessing someone going through a PMAD can put you on an emotional rollercoaster. You may feel overwhelmed, frustrated, surprised, or helpless. While understandable, one OB/GYN stresses it’s ...

Mental health has a long history of stigma, which has sadly kept many people from feeling safe enough to seek help. According to recent studies, postpartum depression affects approximately one in ...

Feeling overwhelmed and anxious after having a new baby can overshadow the joy. Many moms may feel alone with these feelings, but the truth is that 1 in 5 moms suffer maternal mental illness such as ...

As Men’s Mental Health Month comes to an end, it's important to recognize a hidden mental illness among many fathers. One in 10 men suffer from postpartum depression during pregnancy and the year ...

I lied to the first person who asked me if I had postpartum depression. Four days after giving birth, I was sitting on a chair in the pediatrician’s office, holding my crying newborn, who was there ...

Bharti Singh, who became a mother for the second time, shared in her new vlog that she has been crying without any reason and ...

Plus the aftercare advice mothers may truly need. A mother of two is addressing postpartum well-being and the care she says women actually need. "Birth is a major trauma to the body,” Jesse Truelove ...

Hormonal shifts, disrupted sleep and mental health concerns, like anxiety and depression, can affect not only the birthing parent, but their partner and family as well. In fact, Postpartum Support ...

One of the best ways to help baby get a great start is to make sure mom has the postpartum essentials she needs as she recovers from birth. Seasoned labor and delivery nurse Liesel Teen says many ...

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