Resources
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
The exhaustion, the racing thoughts at 3am, the guilt over feeling anything other than joy — postpartum depression and anxiety are common, treatable, and not a reflection of your ability to love your baby or be a good mother.
Resources
- Book
Life Will Never Be the Same: The Real Mom's Postpartum Survival Guide — Ann Dunnewold, PhD & Diane Sanford, PhD (2010)
- Book
The Postpartum Partner: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression — Karen Kleiman, MSW
Written for the partner of someone experiencing postpartum depression.
- Book
Tokens of Affection: Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression — Karen Kleiman & Amy Wenzel, PhD (2014)
- Book
Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression — Brooke Shields (2005)
- Book
This Isn't What I Expected — Karen Kleiman, MSW & Valerie Davis Raskin, MD
- Book
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts — Karen Kleiman (2019)
“Over 90 percent of new mothers will have scary, intrusive thoughts about their baby and themselves... Yet for too many mothers, those thoughts remain secret, hidden away in a place of shame.”
- Guide
PSI HelpLine — Postpartum Support International
Call or text 1-800-944-4773 (English & Spanish). Not a crisis line — a trained volunteer will return your call or text.
- Article
Postpartum Depression — ACOG
- Podcast
- Podcast
Professionals worth knowing about
Some of these are practices and organizations our clinicians know of, mostly around Boston. They are starting points, not endorsements — we have no affiliation with them, and we don’t receive anything for listing them. Please confirm credentials, availability, and insurance coverage directly, as those change.
- perinatal psychiatry and medication consults, Boston area — Beacon Psychiatry
- perinatal psychiatry via telehealth, Massachusetts — Serenity Wellness
- reproductive psychiatry information, including medication in pregnancy and while nursing — MGH Center for Women's Mental Health
- a free Massachusetts program your OB or psychiatrist can consult about perinatal medication questions — MCPAP for Moms
- perinatal day programs, for when weekly therapy is not enough — Root & Rise
- lactation consultants (IBCLCs) anywhere in the US — USLCA — Find an IBCLC directory
Taking the First Step
Beginning Therapy
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