It's an all-too-common scenario for new parents: hovering over the bassinet at 3 a.m., staring intently at your baby's chest, looking for the reassuring up-and-down motion. Baby monitors have always ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Claire Smith about postpartum anxiety and the importance of early treatment.

After her first child was born, Lauren Hamilton, a pediatric nurse, began having graphic, recurring nightmares, imagining someone dropping the baby, his head cracking open “like a watermelon.” ...

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You worry that leaving your 3-month-old overnight might be too much while you're still fighting severe postpartum anxiety.

Postpartum anxiety is a necessary and adaptive part of the human experience and should not be stigmatized. It has an important function, including showing us when parents need help. Part of that help ...

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If your little one wakes at night screaming and crying hysterically, it makes sense to be concerned. When your child has reached this level of distress, it can be difficult to soothe them. All your ...

Women with anxiety disorders need to keep this in perspective, so they know when it's okay that they are anxious and when it is not. Will you get anxious again if you have another baby? Unequivocally ...

Like many millennial parents, a mom from Arkansas spends a lot of time worrying about safe sleep practices for her baby—no pillows, no blankets, no bumpers and certainly no added mattresses in the ...