Ep196: Marielis’s Birth Story - Healing from Postpartum Psychosis

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we have Marielis sharing her experience with postpartum psychosis. I usually don’t do two birth stories in a row but in light of the Lindsay Clancy case I thought it was important to release this one today. If you haven’t heard about it yet, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children and is now a paraplegic as a result of a suicide attempt. It is suspected that this was due to postpartum psychosis.

Postpartum psychosis is relatively rare, occurring in only 1 to 2 births out of 1,000. And homicidal behavior is uncommon among those with the diagnosis. Psychosis is a disturbance in an individual's perception of reality which can manifest in the form of delusions and hallucinations among other symptoms.

This is what Marielis experienced after giving birth. Once she realized something was wrong, she did everything right: listened to her intuition, communicated that she felt off, sought help early, and followed through on her medication and therapy plan. Today she is doing well and wants to spread awareness in hopes of preventing future tragedies.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

-What psychosis felt like for Marielis

-What the early signs were that something was wrong

-How her condition made her feel about her baby

-Why being a woman of color made her hesitant to seek care

-How her family supported her during her mental health crisis

-How Marielis’s psychosis was treated

-What risk factors increase the likelihood of postpartum psychosis

-When postpartum psychosis presents after birth

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0:00.0	In this episode, you're going to hear about marialysis experience with postpartum psychosis.
0:12.7	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified
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1:14.6	Come join me at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email.
1:20.4	Hello there.
1:21.5	Welcome to another episode of the podcast.
1:24.3	This is episode number 196.
1:30.9	I am so glad whether you are a new listener or a return listener that you are spending some of your time with me today. So this episode is a bit out of order in the
1:37.1	sense that I just had a birth story episode last week. However, with the recent story of Lindsay
1:43.2	Clancy, I thought it was important that we talk about postpartum psychosis today.
1:49.4	If you haven't heard, Lindsay Clancy is a mom in Massachusetts who strangled her three children to death.
1:56.4	And then she tried to commit suicide.
1:59.1	As a matter of fact, she's a paraplegic now as a result of her suicide attempt.
2:03.8	And it's suspected that she suffered from postpartum psychosis.
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