support Archives - Bethany Warren

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

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

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

The lasting impact of infertility

April 24, 2020 by Bethany Warren Leave a Comment

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

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