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My past two posts spoke on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), a survey that new moms may receive at their obstetrician’s office.  This is the exact survey that I received, but I understand that there are others out there that may have slightly different wording.  The goal is the same though: to gage where… Continue reading EPDS Question 2: Enjoyment in God

As a follow up to last week’s post, I will address the first question on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), my thought process as I sought to answer, and Scriptures I learned that addressed it. The first question asks the mother to check the box that is the closest to how she has felt… Continue reading EPDS Question 1

In my last post I tried to describe my first panic attack.  This post will explain more of the surrounding details and why I wasn’t able to see that it was a symptom of Postpartum Depression at the time. A week and a half before my panic attack, I had my regular six-week check up… Continue reading Scale out of balance

When I had my first panic attack at seven weeks postpartum, I didn't even realize it. I just thought I was getting sick. Here's what happened: I woke up in the middle of the night sweating profusely and feeling the urge to vomit. I rushed to the bathroom and subsequently began to dry-heave as I… Continue reading Panic! in the middle of the night

Exactly two years ago, I was seven-weeks postpartum after a C-section. It was then that I began to notice that something was a bit off. I had already gone to my six-week obstetrician (OB) checkup and things seemed to be fine.  According to my obstetrician/gynecologist office, I had a ‘better’ score on my postpartum depression… Continue reading A feeling of “something’s not right”

There have been seasons in my life where I felt adrift or lost at sea. Emotions have swelled and crashed and left me breathless. Yet, nothing compares to the utter terror I felt in the midst of Hurricane Postpartum. Maybe you know the gut-wrenching feeling of being blown about with out anything to grab on… Continue reading My steady Anchor

I came across a Cognitive Therapy exercise in a Postpartum workbook called The Pregnancy and Postpartum Anxiety Workbook by Pamela S. Wiegartz, PH.D. & Kevin L. Gyoerkoe, PSY.D . I would recommend reading through Chapter Five, Modifying Anxious Thoughts, for a more detailed explanation of how to complete this exercise. A friend, who has a… Continue reading A chart to re-order your thinking

There was just so much fear and anxiety.  I would be anxious about putting the children to bed: ”What if they suffocate in their sleep?  Or what if I don’t hear them cry because the sound machine is too loud?” And then I wouldn’t get sleep and I’d be anxious about not sleeping. This was… Continue reading Covering all my bases

I am not a doctor, counselor, or psychologist. I’m simply a Christian mother who walked through the valley of Postpartum depression (PPD) and desires to help any other mother with encouragement based on God's word. I found it very difficult to find biblical material directly written for women going through PPD and had to work… Continue reading First steps

This blog thing has completely come out of the blue, and this is how I know it is of God.   I had never been interested in blogging, or even reading a blog before.  Full disclosure: I'm not a writer, in fact, writing is something that I avoid because I do not feel gifted at all… Continue reading A Step of Faith