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370: Severe PPD, Anxiety Healing and Advocating for AAPI Moms

Watch on YouTube: Severe PPD, Anxiety Healing and Advocating for AAPI Moms ​Show Highlights: Dr. Jasmine’s story of infertility, her pregnancy, and her daughter’s birth The super storm that drove Jasmine’s postpartum depression into a downward spiral Feelings of worthlessness, failure, and asking, “Why did we try so hard for this?” Addressing the problems with…

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366: Respecting and Adapting Cultural Practices: Postpartum Confinement with Dr. Kristal Lau

Watch on YouTube: New Beginnings: Tackling the Struggles of Going Back to Work It is an undeniable fact that our Western norms for prenatal and postnatal care of mothers are very different from other countries and cultures. Even the term “confinement” is not as familiar to most Americans as it is in other countries. Join…

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298: A South Asian Mom’s Mental Health Journey: Missed Diagnosis with Jigyna Patel

Watch on YouTube: Missed Diagnosis: A South Asian Mom's Postpartum Mental Health Journey Today you’ll hear Jigyna Patel’s story of missed diagnosis. She and I met recently at the PSI Conference, and I knew her perspective as a South Asian mom of Indian heritage would be valuable for listeners to hear.  About Jigyna Patel Jigyna…

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281: Supporting Black Maternal Mental Health and Mental Health with Chetina Guadalupe, LMFT

Watch on YouTube: Supporting Black Maternal Health & Mental Health Black Maternal Health is the topic of today’s show. It  focuses on how Black birthing people and mothers might experience trauma in the healthcare system that impacts them during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. There is great complexity in the emotions that people feel during the…

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