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illusivejoy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:12:14 -0500

WOW. I can't believe this is the first I have heard about this "Mothers Act". I am going to dive in and find out whatever I can about it. Postpartum is a real and serious metal health issue that deserves attention. New moms need a culture that supports them in reaching out for help if needed, not one that further stigmatizes depression. Cultural beliefs and messages around how a new mother "should" feel are strong. I support any legislation which helps screen women for this serious form of depression and offers them support.

Thanks for the information.

Still searching...http://www.illusivejoy.wordpress.com

information

scaldy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:53:57 -0500

Hi. My name is Sara and I am a wife and mother of 2 boys(ages 1 and 2). I came across this page while doing research for a HUGE paper for my Women's Health Nurse Practitioner degree. The paper is on the MOTHERS Act. After reading all of the blogs and doing reasearch for weeks, I felt that it was important to post something. Amy, I did come across your page as well telling the story of your two boys and the problems you had on Zoloft. I too have suffered from postpartum depression (especially the second time around) and was scared. Still, I have reviewed the act time and time again, and I can not seem to find the information on the bill that states anything about medicating patients. If someone could kindly point that out, I would love to be informed of this. What I did read was that the bill provides opportunities for grants that will allow further research on postpartum depression and educating mothers and their families about the condition. Also, postpartum depression is considered a mental condition that most insurance companies do not cover treatment for because it is not a physical ailment. This bill will assist mothers and providers with the possability of having required treatment covered by insurance and longer maternity leaves that will decrease the risk factors of postpartum depression. That is some information that I have gained since doing this paper. Thanks, Sara

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

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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