BlogHer - The Mothers Act - Comments

Great Cause

Lindsay_Lindsay — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:59:35 -0500

I totally agree, it is awful what those girls are going through at such a young age. I am 25 and still don't feel that my body or mind is ready to go through child birth.

Post Partum Depression

lauraadkins — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:49:22 -0500

Katstone,

I admire your courage for sharing your experience. In our society often there is an unfair stigma associated with being hospitalized for a mental problem. I've not faced that, but I really appreciate your firsthand opinion that hospitalization is necessary when PPD causes a woman to be a risk to herself or others.

The recent study indicating that stressors during pregnancy increase the likelihood of PPD really spoke to me. Maybe with better care during pregnancy we can help avoid the problem. I found an interesting article on this: http://tinyurl.com/4jqstm. Please let me know what you think of this idea, having been there yourself.

Check!

mama2bna — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:28:43 -0500

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Actually, what I said was...

Denise — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:24:25 -0500

Someone emailed BlogHer with an opposing viewpoint and when I replied, the email bounced back as invalid so that person did not see my reply which included the suggestion to blog that point of view on BlogHer. I don't believe that person was you, though it's always possible particularly since the info in the email I received was invalid.

And yes, of course. If you would like to blog the opposing view, by all means do that. We'd love to hear from you and others who have a different opinion.

Log into BlogHer and click "Create New Content". From there, select "Personal Blog Entry". I look forward to reading your point of view.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

real reasons

amyphilo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:11:26 -0500

What inaccuracies, false rumors, and scare tactics are you talking about?
Surely you do not consider information from the FDA or the PDR or the NEJM to be false rumors?

inaccuracies and faux blogger

amyphilo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:10:27 -0500

Which inaccuracies? And why are you calling someone a faux blogger? Have you read the bill?

"Well"

amyphilo — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:09:12 -0500

Hi... my email address is amy@uniteforlife.org, also amyphilo@yahoo.com

On my to do list which is 25 pages long at this point, I have not had blogging on your website... but if you really want me to I will. If you are concerned about finding out what is in the bill, or discovering what is really false, feel free to contact me. 817-793-8028 214-705-0169

It's weird that you say you could not contact anyone with an opposing viewpoint. If you google Petitions Against the MOTHERS Act my pages come up for many many pages, and my email address and phone numbers are on almost every one of those pages.

So my only question is... do you really want to know what the thousands of us out here who oppose the MOTHERS Act have to say, or are you just really not that interested?

Please send us a link when

katstone — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:35:02 -0500

Please send us a link when you write your post!

Katherine Stone
Postpartum Progress

Opposing Viewpoints

katstone — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:34:26 -0500

I would welcome opposing viewpoints. I think sometimes people mistake proponents of the MOTHERS Act as proponents of the pharmaceutical industry, which just isn't true. I have written about Omega-3s and exercise on my blog, as well as the effectiveness of cognitive therapy as well as research into the efficacy of light therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation. If a natural or alternative treatment helps a new mother recover from a postpartum mood disorder, BELIEVE ME when I say I am ALL FOR IT. (You might want to reach out to Aliza Sherman at the blog Babyfruit, who tried alternative treatments.) What's MOST important is identifying the illness and recovering. I would hate for a woman to avoid treatment and then become chronically depressed or have serious bonding problems with her child because she was traumatized by all of the negative comments about antidepressants and postpartum depression as though it was some made-up illness that very few women get. It isn't. I know.

Katherine Stone
Postpartum Progress

Disapointed

feminist figure — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:32:13 -0500

I'm so disappointed that the opposition campaign has turned to negative - false rumours, scare tactics. I would actually appreciate reading a response that wasn't based on the false rumors flying around. I understand that not everyone is going to support the Act but give me REAL reasons!

My response is here:
http://www.postpartumperspective.com/post_partum_perspective/2008/03/mor...

I got a comment on the post

Dana J. Tuszke — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:02:48 -0600

I got a comment on the post I wrote for MOTHERS Act today. It was claiming that the our movement was trying to force pregnant women to take anti-depressants to stop post-partum depression. Which didn't make sense to me at all. I saved it, just because I wanted to blog about the inaccuracies this faux blogger was promoting.

Well

Denise — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:34:19 -0600

We did have someone send an email asking BlogHer to cover the oppositie point of view, but when I replied to the email - there was no such email address. Disappointing. I was hoping to encourage that person to blog "the other side" of The Mothers Act here on BlogHer so we could get a real discussion going, rather than a lot of finger pointing and false information floating around.

I'd still like that to happen, if there are people out there who have concerns about The Mothers Act.

I think you've done a good job of covering the concerns I've seen addressed and the misconceptions that I've seen, Katherine.

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

Flamingo House Happenings

Candace Martin

candymike — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:09:34 -0600

http://notthatidontlovemykids.blogspot.com/
Great. I mentioned her book on your blog awhile back. I'm glad to see this candid interview at blogher. Her advice on not giving up while seeking help is tremendously important. This does get better!

Just waiting for it

lizzen — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:02:08 -0600

I am terrified to have children. There are many reasons for this, of course--you know, the usual "first-time parent anxiety" and such. But the main and most serious reason is because I have bipolar disorder (talk about stigma). I know that not only will I most definitely have postpartum depression, but my pregnancy will be very difficult emotionally because I will have to go off my medication for nine long months. It is my hope that by the time I do have kids, perhaps further advances will be made in this area to lessen the blow for women who experience these kinds of illnesses. Sad that this is only a hope, not a reality.

Just the Way It Is - A laugh, an epiphany, a like-minded soul

i canceled myself out last year

karpo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:21:48 -0600

I canceled myself out last year then, because I sprained my ankle (while pregnant) and suffered from PPD.

Blessings,
Karla
http://karlascrazylife.blogspot.com/