Postpartum Depression

Kristin Davis: The Andrea Yates Case And The Insanity Defense

Andrea Yates' case was an especially gripping one for me personally because of the timing of it. I gave birth to my fourth baby on June 18, 2001 (see my beautiful baby in the photo to the right giving me a big smooch). She was born just two days before Andrea Yates killed her five children. Having barely survived PPD with my third baby, and knowing well the grim statistics of having it reoccur, I was slightly nervous, to put it mildly, that I would experience it again. Being bombarded with the Yates’ case on the news shortly after giving birth didn’t help my nerves to say the least…

Kristin Davis: Insurance Company Wants to Push Meds on Depressed Woman Due To Cost Effectiveness

A mental health provider was kind enough to leave the below comment on my blog. I found it so unsettling that I want to put it front and center as a post. I personally feel that this mental health provider is an absolute hero for standing up for her patient the way she did. If only every woman with depression or PPD had a patient advocate like her!!! Please read and let me know what you think. (I just wish I knew what insurance company this was.....)

Anonymous said:

Advocating For Postpartum Depression

I am passionate about advocating for change in the perception of post partum depression and psychosis. It's very important that young women provide support for one another.

My healing Journey from Postpartum PTSD through EMDR therapy

I started Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in February of 2008, because of the trauma I had experienced during the birth of my son in 1999. It has worked wonders for me.