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Toby, my newest baby, arrived a little over 3 weeks early and is the sweetest baby around. I suffered antenatal depression/anxiety to a high degree with Toby's pregnancy, perhaps the reason he arrived so early. He is happy and healthy now and thriving.

My pregnancy with Toby has inspired me to create POSIE, a support group for antenatal and postnatal depression in my local area. I had PND with both my other children: when my daughter, Caitlyn Mae, was 18 months old, and after Ryan Morgan was born in March, 2001. I'm now keeping a PND blog in an effort to provide both a starting point for people who may be seeking services in Australia and some therapy for myself. The blog includes a computer diary I kept through the beginning of this year as my illness progressed.

If you're really interested, here's a few things about me:

• I love being Ryan, Caitlyn and Toby's mum
• I've battled post natal depression with each child -- see my blog for details
• Louise Hay's Loving Treatment from "You can heal your life"
• I live with constant head-noises or tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and slowly deteriorating hearing
• I'm 32, tall, starting to grey, green eyes and rather round at the moment
• my favourite poems are by AA Milne
• born in a little University town called Armidale in northern NSW, Australia
• I love Canberra, my spiritual home!
• addicted to Sara Douglass, Terry Pratchett, Katharine Kerr, and Marion Zimmer Bradley
• I miss, dreadfully, my dear departed grandmother Dodie
• own a life-size (2 1/2 foot) model of Yoda, certified by LucasFilm

"You must unlearn what you have learned"
--Yoda

Last modified: June 14, 2005
Author: Ryn Gibbs
URL: http://www.gibbs.net.au/ryn/about/index.html