Bethany Warren, Author at Bethany Warren

Our Book Baby has a due date!

July 18, 2021 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

I am so thrilled to report that our book is due out September 30th and is now available via pre-order! Our book, the Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook, is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and our publisher Routledge‘s website. I wrote this book with my colleague Dr. Beth […]

Filed Under: books, parenthood, pregnancy Tagged With: author, emotions, maternal mental health, new dad, new mom, new parent, perinatal mental health, pmads, postnatal mental health, postpartum, postpartum depression, pregnancy, workbook

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month

May 26, 2021 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

The first week in particular focused on bringing awareness to perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and mental health from conception and beyond. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As Perinatal Mental Health Therapists, It’s kind of like our Olympics, awareness week wise. 😍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a great opportunity to share your own stories, uplift each other, […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood, pregnancy Tagged With: maternal mental health, new dad, new mom, perinatal mental health, pmads, postnatal anxiety, postnatal depression, postnatal mental health, postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, support

The living in the “and” when pregnant again after a loss

March 23, 2021 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month and we honor all of the parents living in the “and”. Holding space for both the joy, and the grief. The excitement, and the fear. The looking towards the future with hope and the looking back honoring their grief. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It can be so difficult to live […]

Filed Under: grief, pregnancy, Pregnancy loss Tagged With: grieving parents, PAL, pregnancy after loss, pregnancy loss, rainbow baby

Let’s talk birth and reproductive trauma

February 2, 2021 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Trauma is so subjective, right? Why is it one person’s emergent c-section can be experienced as “that was scary but it’s over now, I’m relieved” whereas another person might experience their as traumatic (and continuing to cause distress when they are reminded of it?) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Subjective distress is the most important correlation with a […]

Filed Under: birth trauma, Infertility, mental health, pregnancy, trauma Tagged With: birth trauma, EMDR therapy, perinatal mental health, postpartum, posttraumatic growth, ptsd, trauma, trauma triggers

Honoring all grieving parents

October 9, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and a time to honor all grieving parents. We honor those who have lost pregnancies and babies. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We hold you in our hearts and honor your grief. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We know that your grief extends well beyond this month and your trauma is valid. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We know […]

Filed Under: grief, pregnancy, trauma Tagged With: grief, infant loss, loss, miscarriage, pregnancy and infant loss, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, trauma

Matrescence article

September 18, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

What is matrescence? Becoming a mother is a tremendous developmental shift, and matrescence is a term used to describe this process and all the emotional, biological and hormonal changes that come during this time. Much like the term “adolescence” describes that period in our lives, and all that goes with it, this term describes this […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: emotions, matrescence, motherhood, perinatal mental health, postpartum

Who is in your village?

August 23, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

We always talk about the important of a “village” in raising a child, and in truth, it takes a village to protect and raise new parents as well. Many cultures have traditions of surrounding new parents with support in the early postpartum recovery period. In China, for example, the “sitting the month” period entails the […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: doulas, parenthood, perinatal mental health, postpartum, support

Happy Pride Month!

June 30, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

I honor our LGBTQ+ community and same sex parents who continue to face tremendous obstacles and discrimination. I stand with you and celebrate with you. I’d like to give a huge shout out of love to all same sex parents. I honor the tremendous discriminatory, financial, insurance, institutional, political, and societal barriers you face […]

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Let’s hear it for the Dads!

June 22, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

It’s International Father’s Mental Health Day and such an important day to focus these important papas. Particularly right now💙 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you know that Dads can also experience depression and anxiety during the process of having a baby? 1 in 10 Dads will have depression when having a baby, and roughly 1 in 6 will […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: dads, fatherhood, perinatal mental health