Mommy, Deconstructed:

A personal story and recovery guide for women suffering with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety.

Christina Vanneste shares her personal story of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety and offers validation, reassurance and hope to women suffering with the most common complication of childbirth. She includes a step-by-step guide to recovery and helps shine a light on the darkness of Postpartum Mood Disorders. She comforts women with the constant message that they will feel like themselves again because their affliction is temporary and 100% treatable. She also highlights the lessons that can be learned from this unexpected experience. Her book brings peace to the panicked and confidence to the discouraged.

After the birth of two of her children, Christina Vanneste suffered from lack of confidence, sadness, anxiety and panic attacks that left her exhausted and feeling crazy. She felt like she was losing her mind forever. Her diagnosis was Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: a temporary, treatable condition that is the most common complication of childbirth. She fervently researched the subject in order to find the way to recovery. She shares her story with unabashed sincerity and includes a step-by-step guide for women battling the darkest days of their lives at a time that was expected to be joyous. In her book, she provides reassurance, comfort, and hope with the constant message that mood disorders in the postpartum period are 100% treatable and that there are essential lessons to be learned along the way.