Postpartum

Can't Sleep? This Is Likely Why

I've been hearing from so many of you recently about sleep difficulties. Many of you have shared that even with your usual sleep aids,...

Depression During a High-Risk Pregnancy or in the NICU May Not Be Depression At All

We know that women experiencing a high-risk pregnancy are at higher risk for antepartum depression than women experiencing a low-risk...

When You Heal from Pregnancy or Birth Trauma, Your Children Benefit

Did you know healing is contagious? It's physiologically impossible to keep the benefits of trauma healing to yourself! Here's what I...

This is Trauma: When You Feel Angry and Yell

When we provoke an animal and corner it until it cannot move, what do we expect it will do? It will attack, right? And we think, "Well of...

131: Comparing and Justifying Prevent Healing

Do you feel that you deserve to heal and feel better on your fertility journey? Do you feel like you deserve to be a mother and...

Psychosomatic Symptoms During Fertility Treatments, Pregnancy and Postpartum: What They Are and Are

"She told me my pain was psychosomatic," a client told me. "I got so angry. How dare she tell me my symptoms are in my head? I fired that...

This is Trauma: When It's Hard to Stick to a Healthy Diet

Most of us know generally how to eat healthy. We can even look at the last 72 hours of our life and find moments when we could have...

This is Trauma: Micromanaging & Difficulty Trusting Others to Do What You Could Do

Being on top of your healthcare is tremendously important. I work with my private clients closely on how to prepare for appointments,...

124: 5 Myths About Fertility, Pregnancy or Trauma Healing

I’ve talked to many women from many backgrounds with many complications. These women are all tied together by experiencing trauma on...

This is Trauma: When You Feel Down and Like You Live in a Fog

This is a surprising one for a lot of people. Most of the time, when we think of trauma, we think hyperarousal, overwhelm, amped-upness....

This is Trauma: When Mourning Your Loss(es) Brings No Relief

Let's start with this truth: we tend to overpathologize grief. Our culture, our community and health professionals, we all do it. We want...

This is Trauma: Feeling Broken and Ashamed of Your Body on the Family-Building Journey

Almost every client I work with comes to me with this underlying feeling of brokenness. Whether they have experienced (or are currently...

This Is Trauma - When You Feel Indecisive

Two days after my son was born, my husband was making lunch before our NICU visit. He asked me what I wanted. "I don't know." He gave me...

This Is Trauma: When You Need to Stay Busy & Slowing Down Feels Impossible

I once worked with a client after her micropreemie came home from the NICU. Her OBGYN referred her to me thinking she had postpartum...

This Is Trauma: When Joy Feels Scary

One of the hardest lessons I learned after a long road of infertility, loss , high-risk pregnancy, preterm delivery and months in the...

What to Do When You Have Postpartum Complications

Postpartum depression is the number one complication of childbirth (more common than any physical health complications, including...

Maternal Mental Health Is More About Trauma Than Depression or Anxiety

Yesterday I saw a post by my friend and colleague that resonated so much, I knew I had to say something. We are getting maternal mental...

A Baby Does Not Heal The Wounds of Infertility

Over the many years my husband and I went through the rings of fire of primary & secondary infertility, we had the honor of meeting so...