Fighting Postpartum Depression - Women with Mood Disorders
She wrote a note to Tim Anderson, the employee who let her sit in the lobby.
"I am so sorry to have used your kindness in this way," it said. "You really are a fabulous clerk--very good at what you do. Tell your boss this was not your fault."
She wrote a note to herself.
"Everyone going along with normal happy lives. I wish I was normal again."
In her apartment on Chicago's Gold Coast, Joan Mudd read about Melanie's death in the newspaper. She tore out the article and tucked it into a drawer. She didn't want her daughter Jennifer to see it.
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WHERE TO FIND HELP
Postpartum Support International, Illinois chapter: (847) 205-4455, www.postpartum.net
Depression After Delivery: (800) 944-4773, www.depressionafterdelivery.com
Jennifer Mudd Houghtaling Intervention Program for Postpartum Depression at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, 24-hour toll-free hot line: (866) ENH-MOMS
Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood & Anxiety Disorder Program at Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, Elk Grove Village: (847) 981-3594 or (847) 956-5142 for Spanish speakers Perinatal Mental Health Program, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove: (630) 275-4436
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Created on February 02, 2003 Last Updated on December 08, 2011
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