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7 Things Never to Say to a Working Mom with Postpartum Depression

Meredith Bodgas with her son Zachary

This picture of me is hard to look at. I assure you it was harder to be me when I snapped this with my 5-week-old who’d only nap on me.

Photo: Meredith Bodgas

I wasn’t shocked when my ob-gyn prescribed me medicine for /postpartum anxiety. After all, I had just burst into tears in her. Still, telling people what I was dealing with opened me up to getting unhelpful questions and comments. Moms who’ve been there can attest that these suck.

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