Several months ago, I read Blair Shackle’s story of postpartum psychosis in the unlikely place of MinnPost’s website. One thing I noticed was that…
Tag: mental health
Mothers, we need you to hear you whine
I fall hard for toddlers (my firstborn at a little over a year old). Last night I sat at a table in a restaurant…
Breast is not always to blame
“Sometimes the strong need reassurance,” is what the photographer titled this photograph. How true. (Image credit Leon Fishman via Flickr Creative Commons) There’s an…
The pressure to wean
Image credit: Rachael Towne via Flickr Creative Commons The moment you begin on the journey that is breastfeeding, you know that you will sometime…
It might be hard (and amazing and both at once)
Breastfeeding is hard. Is that surprising to hear, coming from a strong advocate of breastfeeding? It’s too bad that it’s not something we say…
Guest Post Anxiety Intuition And Distinguishing Between The
Today's guest post comes from someone I'm lucky to have met through Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Minnesota, Crystal Clancy. I asked her if she…
Breastfeeding and sanity are not mutually exclusive
Venn diagrams are useful. If I had a dime for every time I heard someone say that someone should stop breastfeeding to save their sanity, I…