Garbagemom is taking a much-needed break while recovering, but don't worry—new videos are coming soon! In the meantime, she's ...

Gracia Deras had just delivered her first child when the dark cloud that had nagged her during pregnancy began to overtake her. She lacked the energy to care for herself—much less her newborn son—and ...

Over half of babies born in poverty have depressed moms, and these moms rarely get treatment — revealing yet again that one of the groups most in need of mental health services is least likely to ...

A new study found that postpartum depression rates doubled over the past decade. Mothers interviewed by Business Insider shared a range of symptoms, including anxiety and OCD. Researchers say early ...

In today’s parenting climate, having kids is not for the faint of heart. Parents, especially moms, are pelted with advice and recommendations: a “good” mom stimulates her children constantly, taking ...

Breast-feeding may be natural but that doesn’t mean it comes easily to every new mom. A new study in the August edition of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology finds that women who struggle to ...

It wasn’t until 1 year postpartum that it dawned on her: Although Bachini treats depression and anxiety professionally, she had been explaining her own symptoms away as side effects of a stressful job ...

Most of us know that parents' mental and emotional states have major impacts on their kids. But a 2023 study shows that it might not affect children the way we assume, and that it works very ...

I had a traumatic birth and postpartum anxiety. My husband withdrew and got quieter for months after. Only one of us got ...

About 1 in 5 U.S. women experience perinatal mental health disorders—including depression and anxiety that can begin during pregnancy and last a year after a child is born. Stigma prevents many from ...