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An Uncertain Darkness: Pregnancy After Postpartum Depression

An Uncertain Darkness: Pregnancy After Postpartum Depression

Somewhere several months into my second pregnancy, I ordered and began to read a book titled, “What am I Thinking: Having a Baby After Postpartum Depression” by Karen Kleiman. It’s a valid and sobering question for the mother recovering from PPD, one I had to 

Pain in Childbirth & Postpartum Depression

Pain in Childbirth & Postpartum Depression

“To the woman he said, ‘I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.’”  – Gen 3:16 (ESV) Among the several harsh punishments meted out to Adam and Eve in the Garden, we regard this as womankind’s particular share.