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...
by Bert A. | Aug 19, 2014 | Depression
I’ve been harboring a secret for the past month or so. Only a few close friends know and my family obviously. I don’t know why I’ve not said anything about it or why I’ve been hiding it. The truth is that about seven weeks after Keira came into...
by Bert A. | Feb 5, 2012 | Depression
Every year it comes and every year I start the season out in a very dark place. I’m writing this because I need a safe place to sort my thoughts, bare my heart a little bit and be real with what I am feeling. I am a verbal processor and while I’m writing...
by Bert A. | Oct 19, 2011 | Depression
This blog post was written in August of 2011. I wrote this as a way of processing what happened the second time around with my postpartum depression. I want to be as open and honest about my postpartum depression as I can with you. Hopefully my vulnerability will help...
