I’m feeling a little lost, I sort of cast this blog aside as well as the Twitter that goes with it. After my miscarriage I wrote a couple of posts at Say Something Stacey, which you’ll find here and here if you’re interested. But I stayed away from Life With PPD. The feeling was just to similar to what I’d been feeling. It’s like I’d had a break in the clouds and the shine was shining and then it was black. It’s a hard thing to deal with back to back like that, I think I can say that without sounding too pitiful. But now I’m feeling better we have a plan for what we want to do now. And life is getting back in order. I’ve decided to get a small piece of jewelery to remind me that Baby To Be Named Later is always in our hearts. I’m just not sure what it will be yet. I am refocusing my energy here at Life With PPD because it is still a cause so close to my heart. As always for super informative posts you should head to Postpartum Progress which I frequently link to as you all know, but I’m going to start adding more features about PPD as well as life after. I want this to remain a positive place for families dealing with PPD to visit. That’s always been my desire. Also I’m working on a few things to try and get more active in the PPD community here in Phoenix, and I’ll share more about that when I can.
Please let me know what you would like to see here, this place is after all for you! Also check out Parents With PPMD, the online support group for parents dealing with any postpartum mood disorder.
Hello Everyone!!! I know it’s been way to long since I updated here and I will be making that better. But that’s all for another post, for this post I wanted to let everyone know there is a great 5K race with a great cause happening in Los Gataos, CA on March 7, 2010, head over to the Jenny’s Light website and register. All of the proceeds go directly to Jenny’s Light.
Recently I read a great artical over at Postpartum Progress, it really touched me at this point since I’ve so recently had my miscarriage. She points to some a great article as well as a the book, A Deeper Shade of Blue which personally I think should be read by anyone dealing with postpartum mood disorders.
I know I’ve been missing but I wanted to point this out, one the saddest things I’ve learned from this experience is how many families are dealing with this everyday. I was recently looking around the miscarriage/pregnancy loss board at The Bump and I had to stop because every day seeing at least a couple of women post about a new loss just made me so much more sad. But I suppose with so many more pregnancies it seems lately it’s likely there will be more miscarriages which breaks my heart. It is an experience I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
But I’m digressing, please go and check out those great sites.
I’ve posted a few posts about about the miscarriage, I’ll work on something for this blog soon. Until then check out
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I lost our baby yesterday, following my son’s first birthday, it’s sort of ironic, I lost the baby while celebrating the life of my first baby. Right now I just feel empty, I am so sad and tired. I had this terrible moment when I woke up this morning like it was all a dream and I was still pregnant. Then I woke up from that haze and it was like it had happened all over again. I’m sure I’ll grieve and my life will return to normal, I mean this just happened. But right now every time I look at my son I think about what we lost. I can’t hide from babies, not only are they everywhere, I mean 3 of my friends are pregnant but my baby boy is there to remind me of all the joys of having a baby. I’m trying to remind myself I’m so lucky to have Colin, and that I need to focus on that. But I wish I could just hide for a few days. But instead I’m trying to fight off that overwhelming sense of depression and guilt while I care for my baby boy.
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So I wanted to share something with you all that is posted on my personal blog. We are expecting our second child in June of 2010. I am very nervous about PPD with this baby but I think since going through this last year I’m better equiped to get healthy faster next time. Personally I think exercise has been a life saver for me. More than any other treatment I tried. Taking that time for myself everyday and getting those positive endorphins going has been a life saver. So as soon as I’m cleared to do it again after baby is born I’ll be back to running, but for right now I’ll be walking everyday!
If you want to follow along with my pregnancy please join me over at Say Something Stacey!
I was sent a message today on Facebook which lead me over to the Open Congress website, specifically the site for the MOTHERS Act (click the link to go to the page) I of course voted in support because I think it’s a wonderful bill. I then ventured over to the comments. I can not tell you how sad I was to read the anti-MOTHERS Act comments. I wish these people would read the bill. In an effort not to repeat myself please go over to the site vote in support of the bill and add your comments and experiences.
