Trigger Warning: infant loss I was born and raised in Detroit, the youngest of three and the only girl. At 16, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and soon after sent nearly 1,000 miles from home to a residential facility in rural Vermont, where I spent 11 months. Experiences like mine have since been brought to light through an award-winning Netflix docuseries and the advocacy of Paris Hilton, who has worked to amplify the voices of survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI).

After countless calls to providers, the soonest a mental health therapist could see me was three months from then. I couldn’t wait that long. I feared spiraling deeper and deeper into this unknown depression, too far to ever get out. So, I reached out to Moms Mental Health Initiative.

As a young, new, black mother I knew nothing about postpartum anxiety. I didn't even know it was a thing. I didn't know my thoughts and acti

Allison McGaver, creator of Park Pals, a Southeast Wisconsin play group, describes her journey to finding community as a new mom.

By Janean Doherty Trigger Warning: Birth Trauma Beautiful. Sacred. Natural. Transcendent. Golden Hour. Perfect. These are all words that...

I look at this photo, taken nearly two years after my experience with postpartum psychosis, and think “Wow, I never thought I’d get here....

Trigger warning: birth trauma I watched my son as he fell asleep in my arms today. In a simple way, it was magical. The way he gazed at...

I didn’t ask to be a NICU mom. No one hopes that the first time they see their baby that he or she is tangled in a web of medical tape...

Crying tears of joy, relief, gratitude, and everything in between, I looked at my newborn baby girl and said, “WE did this together.”...

My journey with PPD started very quickly after my first was born. Leading up to giving birth, I was happy, full of life, and overjoyed to...

Trigger Warning: suicidal thoughts The Light went out. “You’re glowing!” – I heard it so many times during my pregnancy. I felt the glow;...

I didn’t see it coming – literally. Our first baby came on Christmas Eve. His labor was “spontaneous,” though I had obsessively done all...

Trigger Warning: suicidal thoughts “Stop fighting with your past, it’s over now.” This is something I have been telling myself for a...

No one responded. Did they hear me? Did they not know? Did I not matter anymore? I’ll never know the answer why. Minutes seemed like...

*Trigger Warning: intrusive thoughts Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a mother. I dreamt about the beauty of being pregnant,...

Trigger Warning: Intrusive Thoughts, Pre-Term Labor It was a beautiful fall day, one that felt more like summer. 33 weeks pregnant with...

Trigger warning: Postpartum Depression, Suicide A little over a month ago I saw another story about a new mom taking her life. This mom...