TheDaleStars

I promise you there will be Retribution for this.

This is a post from my amazingly courageous wife Ashley about her battles with Postpartum Depression and the multiple shortcomings/failures of the American healthcare system to prepare for/address PPD. If you want to debate the criminal justice system, this post is not for you. This is for the new mothers who feel alone and hopeless. For their husbands who are confused and scared but desperately trying everything. For the future parents who will have to deal with this horror with no advanced warning. Or for the people who simply don’t understand the potential severity of PPD but want to learn. I am also not going to tag anyone or pressure anyone because that would be completely unfair, but there are many people who follow me who have relationships with other people who potentially can influence some of these services/departments/policies, and if this story resonated with you please feel free to share it with them as well. If you are not one of those people, please share this anyway. If ten million people pass judgement on me and my family but just one mother suffering in silence feels hope from a familiar story and sees a small light in an endless tunnel of darkness, then we can endure that burden. We need to unite as a country and protect and safeguard our women/mothers/families. ❤️