Perinatal Mental Health

A trauma-informed, non-judgmental look at why this happens, what it means, and what actually helps. What You're Not Seeing in That Neighborhood Drive through certain parts of coastal New England and the picture looks prosperous. Large houses set back from the water, restaurants full on summer weekends, the kind of scenery that reads as comfortable and established. What that picture doesn't show is what happens in October. When the seasonal restaurants close, the summer rental

What every birth worker needs to know about obstetric racism — where it came from, how it operates, and why it’s still running. The “Mothers of Gynecology” monument honors the sacrifice of Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, the enslaved experimental subjects of the “father of gynecology,” J. Marion Sims. Black women die from pregnancy-related causes at nearly 3.5 times the rate of white women. That disparity holds across income, education, insurance status, and zip code. It is not ex

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. This post is for birth workers, doulas, and perinatal providers who serve — or want to serve — military and veteran families. The Numbers Birth Workers Need to Know Most perinatal mental health statistics are sobering. The numbers for veteran and military-connected families are in a different category entirely. As many as 46.7% of female veterans report perinatal depression, compared to roughly 1 in 7 civilian women. Military-con