In planning this week’s blog entry, my first topical post for Maternity Matters, I thought long and hard about where to begin. There is so much to explore and so much that deserves attention in the world of perinatal mental health. After much reflection, I settled on writing a series about pregnancy loss. 

Why? Because we don’t want to talk about! 

Picture an image of a pregnant woman or a new mother. What do you think of? Is she the glowing yogini rubbing her perfectly round belly? Is she a new mom peacefully nursing her adorable healthy newborn? Or perhaps you are thinking of pregnant...

Do you struggle with the frustrations of a daily commute?  Some ideas on how to turn that dreaded commute into a time you can treasure. 

Aren’t resolutions designed to help us streamline our lives and get us closer to happiness? Well, sometimes they can result in procrastination, regret, and feelings of inadequacy. 

A conversation about the utter necessity of having other mom friends once you step into parenthood. It’s an age-old trick: surrounding yourself with a gang of other like-minded mom friends will increase your happiness quotient by far, and steer you clear of lots of potential isolation, sadness, and depression.

Everyone expects pregnancy to be a time for joy and happiness, right? But, for many women, it’s not that simple.

“But I don’t feel depressed.” I hear this time and time again from pregnant and postpartum women who call my clinical practice. These women are plagued by anxiety, racing thoughts, restlessness, sleep difficulties, compulsive behaviors, and other troubling symptoms, and yet they do not reach out for help. Why?