by Pamela Zimmer | Mar 5, 2015 | Postpartum Depression
One out of every five new mothers this year will be diagnosed with Postpartum Depression. And new research is confirming what many leading PPD experts have long believed: that many, many women suffering from PPD are still not being diagnosed, not receiving adequate...
by Pamela Zimmer | Feb 17, 2015 | Postpartum Depression
This is a direct excerpt from my book, Reclaim the Joy of Motherhood. Having to admit that I had Postpartum Depression (PPD) meant, at first, that I was flawed, broken, damaged. It meant I wasn’t the strong, in-control woman I thought I was. It meant there was...
by Pamela Zimmer | Feb 4, 2015 | Postpartum Depression
When Pam called me and asked me to pick up a prescription for her, and then told me it was for PPD, my first thought was YES! Excitement that she was getting help! As soon as she told me she thought she had PPD and had had it since Zack was born, I said, ‘You’re...
by Pamela Zimmer | Jan 4, 2015 | Postpartum Depression
I love the New Year. The ritual of starting fresh with a clean slate – a bright new future stretching out ahead like a field of pristine snow – the promise of spring, summer, fall and winter to come, with all the joys they bring. This is a time of possibility and...
by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 15, 2014 | Postpartum Depression
I’ll be honest with you, I’m a little nervous about this blog post – not because of what I’m going to say, but because I am stepping out on a giant limb of faith with God. If you know me at all, you would know that I consider myself a...
by Pamela Zimmer | Dec 2, 2014 | Postpartum Depression
My son Zackery was born on September 15, 2007. I walked into the hospital in flip flops on a warm early autumn day – but when I walked out again, it was snowing. Little did I expect that it was to be a hundred-year winter in Tahoe, and that my baby and I would find...
