The Perinatal Mental Health Library
a collection of resources and information to help support your emotional well-being.
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Birth Trauma & Your Baby’s Birthday
If you’ve faced traumatic or distressing experiences during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum, it makes sense that your baby’s birthday feels really hard…
6 Ways Perinatal Trauma Can Change Your Relationship with Your Body
If you have a history of abuse (physical or sexual) or trauma, the physical aspects of pregnancy and childbirth, the physical intrusiveness of fertility treatments and obstetric care - as well as the physical intimacy of nursing and caring for a newborn- can be triggering. Learn how birth trauma can change the way you feel about your body and how to get help.
Do You Know Your Risk Factors for PMADs?
LEARNING TO CARE FOR YOUR EMOTIONAL &PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING DURING PREGNANCY & POSTPARTUM IS EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS HOW YOU CARE FOR YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.
Healing from Traumatic Childbirth
When the birth of your child doesn’t happen according to plan, what's supposed to be the happiest day of your life can lead to disappointment or crisis, and in some cases even traumatic stress. Birth trauma results from experiencing some part of childbirth as scary, frightening, distressing or life threatening.
A note from the author:
Common themes that come up in my work are reflected in these articles, and I hope they help as you face the challenges that the family building years can bring.
~Holly
