by Bert A. | Feb 19, 2018 | Depression
Let’s just get the inevitable out of the way, I have depression. I think I’ve probably had it since I hit puberty at the ripe age of ten. It wasn’t diagnosed until my oldest boy was four months old but looking back I can see how kind of out of...
by Bert A. | Feb 9, 2018 | Depression
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Longer, colder and more isolating; that’s what winter in Minnesota...
by Bert A. | Jul 3, 2017 | Depression
When I was diagnosed with postpartum depression back in 2009 I promised myself that no matter what I would try to give a “voice” to this often times shameful and silent disease. Before I go on though, I need to preface this by saying that I am on medication and while...
by Bert A. | Mar 28, 2017 | Depression, Parenting
If you’ve been following First Time Mom for any amount of time you’ll know that I personally struggle with depression. Officially I was diagnosed with postpartum depression when my oldest was four months old. That was the darkest time of my life. I was so...
by Bert A. | Feb 7, 2017 | Depression, Parenting
As many of you know, I have struggled with depression since the birth of my first child in 2008. When I look back to those early days of my son’s life they are dark and very lonely; it’s almost like I was living my life in this fog and I just could not...
by Bert A. | Nov 14, 2016 | Depression, Parenting
They say when you have a baby to enjoy it because time flies by so fast. I understood this when Brennan was a newborn but there was a part of me that was so ready for him to grow up. First, I just wanted to reach 12 weeks with him. My mom told me that when I was a...
