We had surgery Monday morning at the best children’s hospital in this part of the state: Children’s Hospital of Central California. We wondered if it would be safe to have surgery given the news of the swine flu epidemic over the weekend. In times of uncertainty, you just don’t know. It’s perhaps why the times…
Category Archives: Pregnancy & Postpartum
Self Portrait
I took a picture of myself the other day. LOL. No wonder motherhood is so tough. You grow an entire human being in nine months, feed it for another dozen or more, and carry it around the entire time, you get tired. Postpartum depression should be expected. We should get a big pat on the…
“Just a 16″ on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
I have done exceptionally well this pregnancy and postpartum. I made it through the entirely pregnancy without an episode. I survived the first five days postpartum with a baby in the NICU. I am going to pat myself on the back right now because I structured life well and took care of myself. I cut…
Thank you Nina Planck
I got a great gift in the mail: a review copy of Nina Planck‘s “Real Food for Mother and Baby.” “The best book on postnatal depression and food I’ve seen is Rebuild from Depression, by Amanda Rose, who understands the condition from bitter experience.” How I wish it weren’t so and it’s my strong need…
Love, care, and good nourishment — getting through the tough times
A big part of my anti-depression strategy in pregnancy and postpartum is to avoid the pit. It seems obvious in a sense but it is surely easier to avoid the fall into the hole than it is to climb out of it. I have been successful so far likely as the result of a whole…
Friends don’t let friends go manic
My life has been filled with wildly productive work cycles. I look back on a few with pride even though they required months of recovery. I don’t bill my clients by the hour, but by the job, because I only work when I have the energy. When I do work, I do the work of…
Mental health problems rooted in the NICU?
In the comments section of my recent post, Barb brought up the issue of infant trauma in the neonatal intensive care unit. My son was in the NICU for four days; my first son was in the NICU for 18 hours. Barb has worried about the impact of the experience on her own children and…
Photo update on baby
It is hard to find time to post here because I spend many hours a day rocking a baby. For me, holding a newborn and being sane at the time is a huge win, but I know that not everyone who stumbles upon this blog is interested in baby stories. At the same time, a…
He is here and home
Alastair James was born on Thursday via scheduled c-section. He was 7 pounds 4 ounces, about a pound bigger than his brother Frederick. He is a dead-wringer for Frederick otherwise. He is sweet and content. In fact, the nurses in the NICU were trying to get him to teach the other babies how to behave….
And an update
There has been no helicopter lift out of the Sequoia National Forest, at least one not involving me. We did lose power earlier in the week and have had snow and black ice on the roads but we did manage to get out yesterday and are in civilization now. It turns out that the process…
Funniest pregnancy story
As I find myself ready to pop, I have been reflecting a on the funniest moments of the pregnancy. We have had a lot of laughs but one story is standing out for me today. over the summer we had two guys working for us on occasion to help prepare the property for the wedding…
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Endorsements
The best book on depression and food I've seen is Rebuild from Depression, by Amanda Rose, who understands the condition from bitter experience.
Nina Planck,
Author of Real Food
Rebuild from Depression is going to be a very important book. Its dissection of the role of diet and nutrition is well-researched and an eye-opener.
Robert Kotler, MD, FACS
Clinical Instructor, UCLA
Rebuild from Depression provides real answers for reversing depression caused by common nutritional deficiencies.
Jan DeCourtney, CMT
Co-author, Recapture Your Health
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Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. She has been depression-free for over four years, even during the recent pregnancy of her second child. Read her postpartum depression success story. Find Amanda on Google Plus.
Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."