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The PedsDocTalk Podcast

When it's not just typical postpartum adjustment but postpartum anxiety or depression

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I am continuing this series on ways to take care of our mental health so we can better care for ourselves and our children. It’s common to experience some postpartum blues and adjustment as you navigate having a new baby. But when is it something more? On this episode, I welcome Chelsea & Caitlin, founders of Mama Psychologists. They are best friends, authors, Registered Psychologists, and moms to discuss: The line between normal postpartum adjustment and PPD and PPA Postpartum blues Signs of postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression When to know you need more help and how to get that help You can connect with Chelsea & Caitlin on Instagram @mamapsychologists. Check out their book, Not Your Mother's Postpartum Book and for more resources, visit the Mama Psychologists website. If you are dealing with postpartum mental health concerns and need help, visit Postpartum Support International. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsors page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0

When you become a mom you expect like okay mom's worried that's kind of what people say that's that's your job right and yeah that's that's

1:11.1

some normal mom worry but for myself and speaking personally

1:15.7

and professionally when it interferes with you know what you're eating you're

1:20.3

sleeping your daily activities right like if you wanted to go to a mommy and me

1:26.3

class like oh well I have to drive there I can't like I can't have my my baby in the back

1:32.4

seat out of like my view. We've also had other moms that have said like I can't even go for a walk because I get intrusive thoughts that somebody's gonna like drive off the street and hit us. It really interferes with your

1:47.4

daily functioning where eating is impacted, sleeping is impacted.

1:53.0

We've also had mom's day, like, I can't sleep because I'm so like fixated

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