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Breaking Stigmas: Men’s Mental Wellness After Baby
When I tell people that I specialize in Perinatal Mental Health, the most common response that I hear is "Oh, so you work with women." I take the opportunity to remind the person that men welcome babies into the world too, and men experience mental health dips during...
Kala’s Ultimate Guide to Postpartum Planning
If you have been reading my blog, you know that I like to stress this point: You are important, and your mental health matters. As parents, it is so easy to get caught up in a chaos of caring for little ones that we forget to take care of ourselves. In my last post, I...
Practical Tips for Postpartum Mental Wellness
Over the past couple of posts, I have outlined the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression; provided education about other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, such as postpartum anxiety and postpartum OCD; and shared about the postpartum rage experience. All of...
Coping with Postpartum Rage: Tips for Parents
You've become a parent. You love your baby, but you have a secret. When baby cries, or when you're feeling stressed, you feel rage inside. Not just anger - rage. It feels like you're going to explode, yelling and maybe even throwing things. You leave baby in the crib,...
It Isn’t Always Postpartum Depression – Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Components of Perinatal Mental Health
Postpartum depression (PPD) is probably the first thing that comes to mind for most people when we talk about perinatal mental health, seconded closely by Postpartum Anxiety (PPA). While it is great that PPD and PPA have become relatively well known, they are not the...
Do I Have Postpartum Depression? Components of Perinatal Mental Health
Do I have Postpartum Depression (PPD)? This is an important question that I am sure many new parents have wondered. The postpartum period is incredibly stressful, and that stress takes a toll on your mental health. Not only are you managing the stress from this major...