Quote by Kimberly McCreight

Postpartum depression is a very real and very serious problem for many mothers. It can happen to a first time mom or a veteran…

— Anonymous

Postpartum depression is very, very common but a lot of people just don't recognize that they have it. A lot of physicians also don't…

— Jose Gonzalez

There is enormous shame around depression of any kind and at any time. And there's enormous social stigma attached to it, which we need…

— Andrew Solomon

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so I understand…

— Dorothy Hamill

“Postpartum depression makes a woman feel like she is in the grip of something dreaded and dark, and it's scary. . . but she's…

— Judy Dippel

One in five women experience a mental health condition during pregnancy, or in the year after giving birth. It can affect any woman. And…

— Luciana Berger

It was really hard in the beginning when I first became pregnant it was just such a shocker. I was depressed for about five…

— Leslie Mann

“Perhaps people felt there was nothing more they could do, you know? After all, how can someone be helped who doesn’t see the need?…

— Chynna T. Laird

Depression runs on my mother's side.

— Fearne Cotton

“--what's really unique about maternal anxiety today is our belief that if something goes wrong with or for our children, it's a reflection on…

— Judith Warner

“Postpartum depression and anxiety that 11-20% of women experience is not at all the same as the more commonly experienced 'baby blues' 80% of…

— Judy Dippel

“Being a new mother is supposed to be the happiest time of your life, but postpartum depression and anxiety strip that away for a…

— Judy Dippel