I have been talking a lot about vbacs, natural child birth and my desire to not have a repeat c-section with Fit Baby for months now. I’ve been very excited and eager to get to the point where I could announce the birth of my baby to you all and say “hey I did it!”.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: postpartum depression
What Makes Fit Mom FitFluential?
When I started this blog nearly 2 years ago, it wasn’t with the intent of inspiring, motivating or even focusing on health and fitness. It was a cry for help. I was a new mom suffering from postpartum depression who was looking for an outlet, a way to find myself, understand myself and figure out… Continue Reading
Post-Partum Depression: yes it’s real.
I suffered from and was diagnosed with Post-Partum Depression (PPD) shortly after Fit Boy was born. Many people question it’s validity which really and truly shocks me. Personally speaking, I think it’s tragic that people would rather believe you are a bad parent who doesn’t love your child than someone suffering from mental illness. But… Continue Reading
How Exercise Helped me Cope with Post-Partum Depression
I was in great shape and training for a half marathon when I found out I was pregnant. I had perfect intentions of being active and eating well through my pregnancy. My follow-through was unfortunately not as good as my intentions. I was almost completely sedentary and ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted and… Continue Reading
Fit, Fab, Fun-How I learned to Razzle my Dazzle in 2010
2010 was anything but normal for me. 2009 ended with the passing of my dear, sweet nephew on Dec. 31. January started on the premise of new beginnings. I was 36 weeks pregnant, had been sedentary and gained more weight than I should have. I was lost. After my son was born, I battled post-partum… Continue Reading
Keeping it Real…
This has been somewhat of a hard week for me. After the high of the race on Sunday I was full of ambition and energy and drive but as the days passed by, I found myself entering back into that fog of depression that I experienced after A was born. No energy, extra grumpy, feeling… Continue Reading
Bad days making for bad nights.
So as I feared, our breakthrough crib nap was a one and done deal. We tried again the next day (yesterday) and gave up after 45 minutes of screaming, soothing, more screaming and essentially, no sleep. Grrrrrr. Today was business as usual but my boy was not a happy little man. He slept on and… Continue Reading
Hump Day!
I love, love, LOVE hump day! Even though I’m not currently working and have been off since the New Year, I’m still quite aware of what day of the week it is. Though my husband likes to joke that everyday is the weekend for me now, I beg to differ. I still get up with… Continue Reading
Introducing…
A quick introduction to myself. I’m 30 years old, and a new mom to a beautiful 6 week old son. I am also in the middle of a struggle with Post Partum Depression. Having taken an undergrad in psychology, I was aware of what PPD is and have never doubted its existence. I’ve always managed… Continue Reading