You're not the first person to go through this and you won't be the last one to survive this.

And I think that kind of brings, you know, a sense of you're not alone in this and you're going to get through this.

Because I just feel like when you're in depression, it can feel awful lonely that you're going through it.

But to remember that you can make it through and that there is help and that you should let yourself be helped. I'm Amy and I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow

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Hi guys.

We are here today with a really special episode. It was our honor to have Dr. Jasmine from Pearls of Jasmine on. Today, our episode is all about her experience with severe postpartum, depression, anxiety, and insomnia.

Dr. Jasmine is such a light at bringing this topic to the surface.

She's going to talk about her experience as well as how it impacted her decision of her

family size.

She's also a co-host of a podcast called Healing the Tiger Us,

which focuses on conversations and stories around Asian-American Pacific Islanders maternal mental

health. Abby and I were so thrilled with the way that this episode came out, and we think that it is a message that is so important.

So we hope that every single one of you takes the opportunity to listen to Dr. Jasmine.

Dr. Jasmine, we have loved how of honor you have been on Instagram. It's been just so nice watching you talk about such a hard topic because so many of our listeners, they need this topic and you're the best person to talk about it. And you really talk about this idea of being one in five. So could you share a little bit more about what the statistic means and then also your journey of being there?

Yeah, sure. Yeah, I think my quote, most viral post was like this real I had shared about being one in five.

And one in five really means like one in five women that get a perinatal mental health disorder. So postpartum depression,

actually, I want to say the statistic is a little bit closer more to like one in seven, but one in five

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