Postpartum Healing Path: Navigating Beyond Snapback

postpartum snapback

    This week Bianca and Meg are talking about one of the most harmful, almost comical lies we tell new parents: the idea that they will be able to “bounce” or “snap” back into their pre-pregnancy life. This devastating myth has us focusing on all the wrong things: shrink your body, hide any signs…

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Postpartum Depression isn’t Just About Hormones, and 4 other facts you probably didn’t know about PMADS

  Postpartum Depression isn’t Just About Hormones (and 4 other facts you probably didn’t know about PMADS) As professionals working with pregnant folks and parents, it is essential to know about Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). Therefore, we have put together a list of 5 facts you should know about PMADs. Navigating a PMAD…

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A guide for birthworkers: Supporting families with multiples

guide for birthworkers

Written by Michelle Cruz Supporting families with multiples: a guide for birthworkers When working with a client first and foremost we need to provide judgment free support. Often with a multiples birth, there could be many things to heal from. The time spent with them in the postpartum period could be spent doing many things.…

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How Having a PMAD Made Me a Better Doula

Written by Meg Kant IF YOU WOULD RATHER LISTEN TO ME READ THIS BLOG, CLICK HERE I want to start off by saying that having a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder (PMAD) is awful. It is not something I would wish on anyone, ever. AND as I reflect on my experience of having antenatal depression/anxiety,…

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How to manage your postpartum with twins

Written by Michelle Cruz Being pregnant with multiples is a challenge in and of itself. And manage your postpartum with twins, triplets or more can be even more complicated. The sheer amount of appointments, check-ins, worries, and the overwhelming feeling of littles kicking all day long is a lot. Oftentimes there is a lot of…

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Placentophagia: Unveiling the Ancient Tradition and Modern Benefits

“So, Emily.  What do you do for work?” Placentophagia Conversations in Academia Depending on where I am, who I am speaking with, and my level of patience at the time, the answer to this question can take many forms.  My husband is in the academic world so typically the inquirer is himself (sometimes herself) a…

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On Eating My Placenta – Seriously!

It’s become a bit of a party trick – not eating my placenta – but rather showing off my prints, dehydrated artwork and capsules that were produced as a result of my placenta encapsulation. It was during a conversation with my birth doula, Bianca Sprague, that the subject was initially raised. We were discussing the…

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