Welcome to my blog! My name is Caroline. I am a 28 year old first time mom. I have a beautiful one year old daughter named Caia and , I am a dog mom to a 4 year old golden retriever named Hugs. I have a wonderful husband named Dalton. We have been together for 10 years and married for 2. Before I was a mom, I was a middle school social studies teacher for four years. I quit when I became a mom.

Like many moms, I had a hard adjustment to motherhood. I just attributed that to completely losing my identity and my career. However, looking back I know it was something more. I was diagnosed with Postpartum OCD when Caia was 8 months old. Before I realized I had Postpartum OCD, I spent hours researching my symptoms to try to figure out what I had. I also tried to find information from other moms to see if they experienced something similar.

From my research, I learned there wasn’t a whole lot of information from moms about this diagnosis. It would have helped me so much to hear stories from moms like me. I am hoping this blog can help bring awareness to Postpartum OCD and help other moms who are going through the same thing.

Remember you are not alone in this!! It is a lot more common than people think. Too many people are afraid to share their symptoms like me. We should not be ashamed of our diagnosis. No one asks to have postpartum OCD.