The Postpartum Stress Center

12/05/2025

12/03/2025

For perinatal therapists in pursuit of clinical excellence
www.postpartumstress.com

12/03/2025

Pay attention to your relationship.

12/02/2025

11/26/2025

🌺 Support her before she needs help.

🌺 Easy to read. Digestible information. On-the-spot validation and relief. Still #1

🌺 For all new moms. and dads. and anyone who loves them.

11/23/2025

The Art of Holding reminds us that we stay steady in the not-knowing.


www.postpartumstress.com/registration

11/20/2025

How you show up for each other can soften the stress and support your postpartum well-being.

🌺 In a 2023 study, moms who felt supported by their partner with infant care during those first hospital days had fewer depressive symptoms. (𝐶𝘩𝑒𝘯 𝘦𝑡 𝑎𝘭., 2023, 𝘉𝑀𝘊 𝘗𝑟𝘦𝑔𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑐𝘺 & 𝘊ℎ𝘪𝑙𝘥𝑏𝘪𝑟𝘵ℎ.)

🌺 A 2024 study found that as relationship quality drops from pregnancy to postpartum, maternal depressive symptoms rise alongside it. (𝑊𝘪𝑡𝘵𝑒 𝑒𝘵 𝘢𝑙., 2024, 𝐵𝘔𝐶 𝑃𝘳𝑒𝘨𝑛𝘢𝑛𝘤𝑦 & 𝐶𝘩𝑖𝘭𝑑𝘣𝑖𝘳𝑡𝘩.)

🌺 New research (2025) shows that low marital satisfaction is linked to over 3x higher risk of postpartum depression. (𝑍𝘩𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑒𝘵 𝘢𝑙., 2025, 𝐽𝘰𝑢𝘳𝑛𝘢𝑙 𝑜𝘧 𝘈𝑓𝘧𝑒𝘤𝑡𝘪𝑣𝘦 𝘋𝑖𝘴𝑜𝘳𝑑𝘦𝑟𝘴.)

11/19/2025

11/19/2025

You will not always feel this way.
Be informed.
Ask for help.

Familius

Shop with expert advice from Abrams in their latest video Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts - Flip Through.

11/17/2025

"The Wildflower Collective is a women-centered community that focuses on connection, mental health support, and personal growth. Founded by Rachel Creighton after her own battle with postpartum depression, TWC helps women eager to find themselves again through various workshops, events, and open studio hours, to engage in shared healing and community building."
Rachel

We had such an empowering, uplifting, and magical visit with Rachel.

Please visit her website to see how you will benefit from the welcoming and supportive space she has created.
See their website for details and hours.
Address: 16 E Eagle Rd, Havertown, PA 19083

It's really very special.

https://rachelroshani.com/twc

11/17/2025

"Give yourself grace … Being a mom is one of the hardest jobs … a lot of us constantly feel mom guilt … but just know that doing your best is enough.” - Jen Affleck

Why does it matter when a public figure talks about postpartum struggles?

Because it does more than validate moms - it changes the narrative.

When someone in the public eye says “I struggled,” it dispels the myth of the perfect mother. It makes postpartum distress speakable. It helps moms feel less alone and less ashamed.

And when their words make space for the experience of others, something shifts internally.

The nervous system settles. The threat response quiets. What felt private and pathological becomes understandable and human.

In that moment, many mothers recognize, often for the first time, that their experience fits within a broader, normative range of postpartum responses. It reduces shame, increases self-compassion, and opens the door to seeking support.

That is why these stories matter.


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