“I was hanging by a thread, and then I fell.”  —A real live patient describing her last postpartum experience

“I didn’t even realize I was depressed until 5 months went by and I looked back.  I remember sitting in the dark, alone, scared to move because I didn’t want my baby to wake up and start crying again.”  —Another real life postpartum experience described to me by a loved one. 

There are sections of our bodies that become stuck by strong emotion.

I picked my daughter up from daycare the other day and found myself studying the face of the lovely woman who makes her home a second home to my daughter and others.