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Addressing Sleep Challenges During the Perinatal Period
Sleep disturbances can increase during pregnancy. As healthy sleep can mitigate adverse outcomes, like depression, it’s an area of growing importance.
Working Through Postpartum Mood Disorder and a Traumatic Birth: A Partner’s/Father’s Roadmap to Recovery
Working Through Postpartum Mood Disorder and a Traumatic Birth: A Partner’s/Father’s Roadmap to Recovery. Includes exercise, diet, meditation, journaling.
Pregnancy and Birth Behind Bars
The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world, and women are the fastest-growing prison population today. Upwards of 80% of incarcerated women are mothers, the majority of whom are the primary parents.
Preparing for Better Outcomes: Matrescence Education as a Pathway
It’s hard to go even a couple of weeks without seeing another sobering statistic on the state of maternal health in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health, suicide is the leading cause of maternal mortality,…
On Matrescence: Let’s Stop Wearing Bikinis in the Blizzard
I love the month of November. In Northern California, it means we survived months of scorching sun, thick layers of sunscreen, and even a wildfire season. Now it’s sweater weather, time to restock our cabinets with hot chocolate, and enjoy…
6 Tips to Prepare for Your First Fertility Clinic Appointment Through a Diverse and Inclusive Lens
Are you taking the first step to possibly begin fertility treatments and feeling a little overwhelmed? Don’t worry, it’s rare that you’ll ever find anyone starting this process who’s not feeling that way. Maybe you’ve…
What Not to Say Someone Struggling with Infertility
With infertility affecting about 1 in 6 women, it is likely that you know someone who is struggling, or has struggled, with infertility. The pain and distress of this experience is excruciating, often made worse by well-intentioned friends…
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders in The Adoption Community
November is National Adoption Month. This month we choose to bring awareness to the intricacies of adoption and the impact on Birth Parent(s), Adopted Individual(s) and Adoptive Parent(s). Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders impact all…
A Plague of Invisibility: Bisexual Parents in Modern Society
Imagine your textbook American family: one dad, one mom, and 2.5 kids with a picket fence and a pet.The default assumptions from this picture aren’t really an accurate representation of the range of American families. While the visibility…
Postpartum Support International: The FDA approval of Zuranolone is a hopeful step forward in managing the mental health needs of new parents experiencing postpartum depression.
Postpartum Support International: The FDA approval of Zuranolone is a hopeful step forward in managing the mental health needs of new parents experiencing postpartum depression.August 7, 2023 - On Friday, August 4th, the FDA approved a new…
Maternal Mental Health Month with Caitlin
Tell us about Maternal Mental Health Month
Maternal Mental Health Month is more than just 30 days fully dedicated to raising awareness about perinatal mental health. It is an opportunity for PSI to make a worldwide impact…
Social Media & Mom Guilt
How many times have you scrolled on your phone looking at your friend’s perfect picture with perfect hair and makeup? How many times have you felt exasperated that you don’t have that beautiful family picture with your kids? You know…
PSI Volunteer Support Coordinator Program – November
Tell us about PSI's volunteer support coordinator program.Would love to! The role of all Coordinators is to provide 3 things - Education, Empathy and Resource Referrals. There are times when a person reaches out for support and doesn’t…
Low Supply Broke My Heart
Low supply broke my heart
by Bethany Neubarth
*Trigger warning: Some content in this blog might be triggering or upsetting to certain audiences.I spent my pregnancy reading all the popular breastfeeding books; I went to three…
EMDR Therapy
EMDR & Perinatal Mental Health
Written by Shannon Kane, MSW, RSW
“Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” -Peter LevineEye Movement Desensitization…