Fighting Post-Partum Depression with Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody
Mama Said with Jamie-Lynn Sigler & Jenna Parris
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4.6 • 751 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Did you know 1 in 7 women suffers from PPD? To many, it can seem like an impossibly debilitating to get through. Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody is working alongside Mom Genes Fight PPD leading a research study to find out whether or not there’s a genetic connection to the disease. Learn how this research can lead to possible new treatments and, maybe even some day, a cure.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, the following podcast is a ladygang network and Podcast One production, which means it's going to be awesome. |
| 0:07.8 | Thanks for listening and being a part of Mama Said, and thanks in advance for supporting these sponsors in this episode. |
| 0:14.1 | They help us have this much fun with you every week for free. So enjoy the show. |
| 0:18.6 | Well, a boy's best friend is his mother. |
| 0:22.2 | No one said being a parent would be easy, but now you don't have to go through it alone. |
| 0:27.8 | Actress and mother of two, Jamie Lynn Sigler, has teamed up with musician and stay-at-home mother-of-two, Jenna Paris, to create a safe place where you can confess your worst mommy sins and still feel like |
| 0:40.2 | you're killing the mommy game. |
| 0:42.3 | This is Mama Said with Jamie and Jenna. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello, on today's show, we have Dr. Brody, and our topic is postpartum depression, but more |
| 0:53.5 | importantly, an incredible research study that's going on about it. |
| 0:59.4 | Because did you know that one in seven mothers suffer from postpartum depression? |
| 1:04.4 | That is millions of moms, and you might be one of them. |
| 1:08.1 | Yeah, so researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 1:11.4 | believe that there may be a link to genetics and mothers with PPD. Yeah, so they developed a research |
| 1:17.1 | study to give moms a way to fight back and search for a cure. It is called mom genes fight PPD. That's G-E-N-E-S, |
| 1:25.3 | like genetics. But to be successful, it needs 100,000 moms who have had PPD to participate. |
| 1:31.4 | So all you guys have to do is download the app, take a survey, and if you qualify, they send you a spit kit, a quick and easy DNA test that you could do at home. |
| 1:39.5 | Then you send it back, and the researchers will get to work. |
| 1:42.4 | Yep. |
| 1:42.7 | So go to mom genes fight pppd.org to learn |
| 1:46.9 | how your mom genes could make a difference. You're listening to Mama Said with Jamie and Jenna. |
| 1:54.9 | Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to a very special show today, an episode of Mama Said. In just a few moments, we're going to be |
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