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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 […]

Filed Under: parenthood Tagged With: diversity, LGBTQIA, pride month, same sex parents

Black Moms Matter, Black Moms are precious

June 25, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

  Like many of you, I’m having some hard conversations with people in my life who are resistant to the idea of implicit bias, or how this impacts people of color, particularly Black people. It’s so important we keep using our voices to spread awareness even if they’re uncomfortable conversations. Black women are dying due […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: black moms, maternal mortality, reproductive justice, social justice

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

Pregnancy in the Time of Covid

May 13, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Let’s just name it…this is a hard time to be a new parent. This is just hard right now, period. What an extraordinary time of grief, change, and fear, coupled with the celebration of your precious new baby. My heart aches for you being in such a vulnerable season of growth and change in your […]

Filed Under: mental health, parenthood Tagged With: Covid, motherhood, parenthood, perinatal mental health, pregnancy, support

It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month

May 7, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month which is a wonderful time to highlight Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, mamas and partners affected, and all the great work happening in this field.     So here’s to you: Here’s to the 1 in 5 mamas (and 1 in 3 mamas of color) who will get […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: maternal mental health, perinatal mental health, postpartum, pregnancy

The lasting impact of infertility

April 24, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

baby mobile with the words "the infertility journey does not always end here"

For couples struggling to build their family, infertility can put a strain on the couple and even impact family relationships. The path to conception can often be long and arduous and can feel like a grieving process repeated month after month. It ultimately will resolve in one of three ways: 1. The couple will conceive […]

Filed Under: Infertility Tagged With: mental health, perinatal mental health, same sex couples, support

Are you practicing infertility etiquette?

April 22, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

Woman biting her lip, text saying "what is infertility etiquette?"

This is National Infertility Awareness Week, brought to us by Resolve . Did you know 1 out of 8 couples and individuals experience infertility when trying to build a family? It’s important we learn how to support, speak with empathy and help people to not feel isolated. This week helps us gain information about infertility […]

Filed Under: Infertility Tagged With: infertility, support

Calm down, cheer up, stop crying (and other unhelpful crap we are told).

February 12, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

letter board that reads "never in the history of calming down has someon calmed down by being told to calm down"

It doesn’t work when other people tell us to calm down and it certainly doesn’t work when we do it to ourselves either. When is the last time you were feeling anxious and someone told you to just “chill out” and it worked? Or when’s the last time you felt depressed and someone told you […]

Filed Under: mental health Tagged With: emotional regulation, parenting, validation

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