Jessica Diggs – Birth Disparities Thank you Jessica for being on with us to talk about this, vital to understand and very distressing reality for pregnant and postpartum mothers. We have to be doing better by mothers. Learning from Jessica in this episode is an important part in doing better, being more aware and taking intentional…
Parijat Deshpande, High Risk Pregnancy – How to talk with your providers. In this episode, we discuss how we don’t know what we don’t know…That it’s okay and necessary to ask questions, talk with providers, ask for needs to be met…why it’s okay and important to ask questions…who can be an ally in the process…what kinds…
Kiley Hanish – Return to Zero It’s hard to imaging being able to get through the loss of a baby during pregnancy. Kiley shares with us some of her story and how her experience shaped what she does now to help other mothers who have lost a child. Kiley’s talks about how the stillbirth of her…
Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW Oh, this is such a great chat! We talk about helping pregnant and postpartum mothers, Karen’s scope of work, training providers so they can really help these moms and of course, her latest book “The Art of Holding in Therapy: An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety”. Great stuff! Karen Kleiman,…
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody Dispelling the myths of medication use in pregnancy and postpartum We are talking with Expert Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody about psychiatric medication during pregnancy and postpartum. We will go over some of the fundamental things it’s important to know about med use, risks to mother or baby for treated AND untreated illness, clear…
Onyedikachi Ekwerike I’m honored and excited to have Onyedikachi Ekwerike, speaking with us from Nigeria about maternal mental health for African mothers. He discusses some of the culture specific challenges for African mothers, how maternal mental health has been historically understood, stigma around maternal mental health issues, the work being done in Nigeria and throughout Africa…