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Hi, my name is Deanna and Im a reality TV addict. They say the first step is awareness, right? I realized my addiction the other night, as I flipped through reality TV shows faster than… well,Bruce Jenner in the 1976 Olympics. (Now how apropos is that?!)

Contrary to the popular belief that pregnancy is a biologically protective and emotionally joyful time, women are actually quite vulnerable to a spectrum of psychiatric disorders throughout the perinatal period – the time around pregnancy and postpartum. This range of disorders, more commonly referred to under the umbrella term of postpartum depression, is more accurately reflected by the terms postpartum or perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). In fact, 1 in 7 women who become pregnant will experience a mental health disorder during the course of their pregnancy or in the postpartum period, making PMADs the most common complication of childbirth. Additionally, 50% of women diagnosed with PMADs postpartum had an onset of their symptoms during pregnancy.

Is it possible to instill a love of reading in a child who hates to read? Or is it, as Cletus from The Simpsons might say, an exercise in futility?