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Reporting Back: 7 weeks of parenthood by Hannah Campbell Gustafson

written by Hannah Campbell Gustafson My husband and I have been parents for almost seven weeks now, to a wonderful baby girl named Leona Joyce. Back in April, I wrote a post about post- and peripartum depression, and the stigma I sensed and feared, as well as some scripture that gave me comfort. I�m only at the very beginning of parenthood, but I thought I would report back briefly. I

Knit in my mother�s womb by Hannah Campbell Gustafson

written by Hannah Campbell Gustafson I�m quickly approaching 30 weeks pregnant with our first child, and I�ve been thinking about stigma around mental health from what feels like a new angle. I�ve lived with anxiety and mild depression for quite a while, and feel very comfortable talking about how helpful I find a therapist and the fact that I take medication. Certainly there have been