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Recent Posts and Updated Resources

New posts on The Sorrows of Eve: What Can You Do to Prepare for PMADs? Never Forsaken: Finding God’s Faithfulness in Hard Places What to Do With Intrusive Thoughts Resources added: A study on exercise and depression A potential link between infant oral ties and postpartum depression A web link to the Edinburgh Postnatal DepressionContinueContinue reading “Recent Posts and Updated Resources”

What to Do With Intrusive Thoughts

Once you know what intrusive thoughts are,[1] what do you do with them? How do you handle the random, freaky images and impulses that come into your brain?Here are three steps I and other moms have found helpful: identify the thought, acknowledge the truth, and distract yourself. 1. Identify the thought. “That was an intrusiveContinueContinue reading “What to Do With Intrusive Thoughts”

Never Forsaken: Finding God’s Faithfulness in Hard Places

One Monday, I read our Bible study assignment of writing down ten ways I knew God loved me. I jotted down a list during a mid-day feeding, checking the box for that part of the homework. But three days later, I could have crossed off everything on that list. Those blessings had all been removedContinueContinue reading “Never Forsaken: Finding God’s Faithfulness in Hard Places”

What Can You Do to Prepare for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders?

If you’re pregnant, what can you do to minimize risk of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and prepare for them if they do come? Read on for three main points.

Free Printable: Postpartum Planner

With each baby, I’ve felt I’ve prepared well, only to be caught off guard by something I could have done differently. With my third baby, it was scrambling to find a lactation consultant three days postpartum, not really having slept at all since the night before she was born, in excruciating pain because of baby’sContinueContinue reading “Free Printable: Postpartum Planner”