Helpful Links

Other Online Resources
PPD On-line Support   Can’t make it to a support group?  This is an online version…Just think!  You can connect with others in the same situation, during the 3 am feeding!

Postpartum Support International  The international organization that aims to build a social support network for pregnant and new moms in every community worldwide.

Postpartum Dads  Resources for a struggling mother’s support people

Postpartum Progress Blog    Katherine Stone blogs about PPD goings-on throughout the US and Canada.  Her story and those of her readers are touching and healing.  Also, very informative and up-to-date.                         

PPD Survivor Blog  Kristin Davis writes about experiencing PPD and preventing it from returning again.

dooce.com   Not for the faint of heart!   If you need a good laugh and don’t mind an occasional f-bomb, this blog is great.  Heather B. Armstrong experienced PPD with her first child and is now pregnant with her second. 

Great reading

This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression. Karen Klieman, MSW & Valerie Raskin, MD

The Postpartum Husband. Karen Klieman, MSW

Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression. Shoshana Bennett, PhD & Pec Indman, EdD, MFT

Women’s Moods: What every woman must know about hormones, the brain, and emotional health. Deborah Sichel & Jean Watson Driscoll, CNM

Postpartum Survival Guide. Ann Dunnewald, PhD & Diane G. Sanford, PhD