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After hearing Melonies Mom speak this morning at Christ Hospital, it has moved me to help others. I work for OB/GYN's and hope to come up with better strategies to help our Mothers in the fight against Post-Partum Depression and Psychosis. Thank you for your story and GOD BLESS.

Thank you for raising awareness about this devastating illness. My wife developed PPP after the birth of our 2nd child and it almost destroyed our family. Thank God for having given me the strenght and for surrounding our family with so much support.

Thank you for sharing Melanie's story and helping to make it more okay for all of us to talk about this...and for helping push for change in health care.

I'm so sorry for all that you and your family has endured. I think the work you are doing in your daughter's memory is truly wonderful. I never experienced PPD myself, but I have two young boys and suffer from depresion and anxiety, and that can make some days very difficult. God bless you for trying to help others b/c of what you have faced in your own life experiences. Your daughter is surely smiling down from heaven. :-)

I'm not sure why I was led to your site, but Melanie's story touched me. I am about to become a grandmother for the first time in a couple of months. Afer reading about Melanie, I will be vigilant after my daughter- in- law gives birth to support her if she seems to be in trouble. (Just as you were.)
May God bless you and your grand-daughter.

I remember reading your story a while ago after I was reading and researching post partum depression and psychosis. I suffered horrible psychosis after my second daughter was born. It is so real and so scary. People don't understand how aweful it is and will not understand until people like you push to make it real. Even doctors don't know how to handle it and ER doctors are the worst!!! They have no idea and are not trained to handle these delicate situations. I almost killed myself on the way home from the ER after being treated like I was a freak and there was nothing they could do for me :-( Anyway, thank you for the awareness that you are bringing to this subject!

My deep condolences goes out to you and i think it is great that you are doing this.

I am so sorry for your loss and sm happy that your grandaughter is fine. Too often these things end with the family feeling the loss of both the mother and the child. Melanie is with God now and may he watch over your family in this trying time.

Hello. I was at the Oprah show to see you and your family, the show was cancelled, that date was September 11, a day America will never forget. I also will never forget when I was invited back at another time to see the show. I had suffered from Post Partum depression, and knew what it felt like to be in the gripes of this awful disease. I am so sorry about your daughter. Words cannot express~~~~
God Bless you~~~~

What a heart breaking article about your daughter. I am so sorry for your loss, but I am glad that her child and widowed husband has such a wonderful support system. You have done a great job and this website is touching, and very informative. I've learned a lot I never knew.

:-) Your daughter, Melanie, was so lovely in the pictures - now, she is a beautiful angel, watching over her little baby girl from Heaven.
You are a wonderful Mommy, Carol.
God Bless. xoxo

It is wonderful that you are doing this for your daughter. It is so hard to lose loved ones. Thank you for making people aware. I am an expecting mother myself and i will now know when to get help. You are a wonderful women.

What a wonderful mother you are... your daughter did not lose her life in vain. So many people suffer from depression (myself included).... thanks for being a voice for the people that do not have a voice because of their illness.

God bless you and all you do my sister-in-law is in hopital with postpartum psychosis it came on very quickly i pray the baby will be safe when she gets out i am so worried about my 3 mo old niece thanks for all the information your granddaughter is beautiful stephanie

Mrs. Blocker,

Thank you so much for all of your work to educate others about this illness! You and Melanie have provided great life models for all. Though it's not the same as having her 'here on earth', I hope it is comforting to see Melanie in Sommer's eyes.

God bless you :-)

May our Almighty God bless your family for all that you do in the name of Melanie. I knew her when she was a young teenager; such a beautiful girl, especially from the her heart. God had a perfect plan for Melanie and He has a perfect plan for all of us. You will always be in my prayers.

Terrible tragedy. The thing I don't quite understand is this: is it either a good thing or a bad thing to be a pharmaceutical sales manager? :confused:

I was blessed to have both Carol and Melanie Blocker in my life as a pre-teen. I have never forgotten the great kindness and warmth that they showed me during a particularly difficult time in my life. Melanie and Mrs. Blocker were a godsend to me. Although I lost contact with them both, through the years, my admiration for both of them will never ever end. Mrs. Blocker, thank you for introducing Melanie to me, and Melanie thank you for sharing your mom with me. Mrs. Blocker you still rock! You taught me to always push through adversity--I have and will with you in mind always.
Karen A. Chachere, Ph.D.

BTW: The AOL article was well done. OUTSTANDING WORK CAROL!

I will always love the Blocker family as my own. Melanie I miss your smile. I miss your friendship. I miss YOU! Love you forever! Fred Bates