Spit-up On My Shoulder

A study cited in last August’s issue of the journal Pediatrics found that 10% of new dads were suffering from depression.
“Postpartum depression in fathers was strikingly high and more than twice as common than in the general adult male population in the U.S.,” write researchers including James F. Paulson, Ph.D., of the Center for [...]

If you were hoping for a vaginal birth and instead had a cesarean section, you may be feeling disappointment or depression over it. These feelings are very normal. The c-section was not your fault. I know you did the best you could during the birth.
Melissa, a woman profiled in my book who [...]

Are your emotions and hormones all over the map? Many times after each of my daughter’s births I felt so overwhelmed that I didn’t know how I was going to get through the day. I remember one particularly bad day when I couldn’t pick out what clothes to wear. I had to have my husband [...]