"The Mask of Motherhood" by Susan Maushart. Penny wrote a review of it, which was quite good, on Amazon--you can probably find it if you scroll down.
Every word she writes is true. Society loves pregnant women and supports mothers not at all.
~Amanda (who had PREpartum depression--which is only now coming to be recognized--and idly debated suicide many times. Birth control pills do it to me too. The analogy I give my husband? It's like being chest-deep in the ocean and lifted off your feet by a wave--even if you know what's happening, you can't stop it, you just have to get through it.)
Read this book
Every word she writes is true. Society loves pregnant women and supports mothers not at all.
~Amanda (who had PREpartum depression--which is only now coming to be recognized--and idly debated suicide many times. Birth control pills do it to me too. The analogy I give my husband? It's like being chest-deep in the ocean and lifted off your feet by a wave--even if you know what's happening, you can't stop it, you just have to get through it.)