Pregnancy & Postpartum: Soapbox Edition II Yeah, no. I have some thoughts about how mothers are treated…. I’m hoping back on the soapbox! And this time, I’m shouting out some of the things that the Mom & Mind listeners are upset about too! Thanks for sharing! Let’s see..most of the things I discuss are about…
We talk about feeling bad about our bad feelings in postpartum & pregnancy. How many of us have had feelings in pregnancy or postpartum that we didn’t understand, but then also felt guilt or failure for having them at all? Melissa Divaris Thompson, LMFT shares with us some of her personal experience and a great…
Stefani Reinold, MD shares some about her personal experience through pregnancy and postpartum and how she is helping other moms cope and manage with eating disorders in the perinatal time. This episode’s super supporter: Maternal Mental Health NOW- Online maternal mental health training! In this episode, we touch on: -Pressures that mothers feel to keep weight…
Julie Andrews, LCSW is sharing a glimpse of the Native or Indigenous mothers pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. This is such a valuable discussion and even though we just scratch the surface of cultural and societal understanding, it is a deeply needed start on our podcast to understanding Native mothers experience. Julie discusses some of the…
Ingrid Esparza – Personal story of Postpartum Anxiety Ingrid tells us about her experience after birth and in the early months of life with her new son. Again, we get to hear the powerful ways in which a mother copes and fights to get through medical complications, breastfeeding challenges and the anxiety that came…
Dr. Rebecca Moore - Understanding Birth Trauma
We are discussing traumatic birth experience and it's impacts. Did you know that someone could feel traumatized by their experience and you can't tell by looking at them? Yep, sometimes a traumatic experience can happen that only the birthing mother is aware of. Sometimes it's very clear that there…