This web series is designed for all social support advocates for pregnant and
postpartum women and families, including volunteers, group facilitators, community members, and providers involved in developing support groups or networks.
Karen lectures on the topic of prenatal / postpartum depression and is presently involved in the development of a non-profit foundation which aims to provide treatment services for disadvantaged
postpartum women and their families.
Our objective is to provide support and treatment for the pregnant or
postpartum woman and her family as well as guidance for her treating physician or therapist.
In my counseling practice, I specialize in working with pregnant and
postpartum women and families.
In addition to my psychotherapy work, I am also a postpartum doula and childbirth / parenting educator, and I facilitate groups and workshops for pregnant and
postpartum women and families.
Not exact matches
Works with
women's issues, pregnant
and postpartum mothers
and families with mood, anxiety
and loss issues.
Growing
families will find integrative, holistic care during their preconception, pregnancy, birth,
postpartum and well
woman experience with a team of dedicated
women's health professionals.
In other cultures,
women often spend their
postpartum surrounded by
family — their own mother, aunts
and sisters.
I offer San Francisco Peninsula
women and their
families respectful, experienced
and calm companionship in the form of
postpartum doula support
and preparatory birth
and parenting consulting.
Prior to her career as a doula she worked as a nanny for over 12 years
and has cared for many
women and families during
postpartum.
Postpartum Support International, with its network of volunteers
and affiliated practitioners, seeks to support
women in these ways, as well as offer information
and help to the
families of expectant
and new moms.
Certified nurse - midwives (CNMs) provide a full range of primary healthcare services to
women in the United States, including routine gynecological checkups,
family planning services, preconception care, prenatal
and postpartum care,
and, of course, delivering babies.
Jennifer works with
women, babies
and children with issues like starting solids, picky eating, allergies
and constipation,
postpartum weight loss,
and family meal planning.
Chapters include: The Role of The Doula, Home Visiting, Providing Care with Caution: Protecting Health & Safety in The Home & Car, Honoring
Postpartum Women and Teaching Self - Care, Easing
Postpartum Adjustment, Appreciating Your Clients» Cultural Diversity by Karen Salt, Supporting The Breastfeeding Mother (Donna Williams & Opal Horvat Advisors) Newborn Basics: Appearance, Behavior,
and Care, Offering Support to Partners
and Siblings, Unexpected Outcomes: Caring for The
Family at a Time of Loss, Nurturing Yourself by
I think about how contests can unintentionally set the
women and families viewing them up for disappointment,
and potential
postpartum mood disorders (
postpartum depression) because they expected their birth stories to happen like the inspiring images they are consistently exposed to.
As a therapist at the
Postpartum Wellness Center
and in collaboration with Boulder
Women's Care, I see many
families embarking on parenthood.
We also encourage each
woman and partner to take advantage of the many classes
and support groups we recommend — from prenatal yoga, yoga for labor workshop,
and postpartum mommy
and me yoga classes, positive birth story pregnancy circles, community new mother blessing ceremonies, annual
family reunion,
postpartum mom circles, pregnancy retreats
and a variety of other educational, supportive,
and fun events, classes,
and ways to connect with other likeminded people
and build community — in an effort to bring back the needed village it takes to raise a new baby,
and new parents.
«Babies are not born dirty,» says Michael Farmer, head of the Department of
Family Practice
and postpartum medical director at BC
Women's Hospital & Health Centre.
Add to this an already - full roster of cleaning tasks
and friends
and family to meet,
and it's no wonder so many
women face
postpartum depression.
What Am I Thinking contains essential information for a
woman and her
family who plan on having another baby after a previous experience with
postpartum depression.
Our certified nurse - midwives offer prenatal care, birth services,
postpartum care, well -
woman gyn care,
family planning, breastfeeding / early parenting assistance,
and intrauterine insemination, all in the comfort of your home.
I dove in head first to certify with Bebo Mia as a birth
and postpartum doula
and have been so inspired
and encouraged by the awesome
women and families I've met along the way.
Moms2B is an organization dedicated to reducing the infant mortality rate in Columbus by providing prenatal
and postpartum education
and support to
women and families in at - risk neighborhoods.
Women experiencing
postpartum depression don't always recognize the signs so it's important for
family and friends to be on the lookout.
Some
women hire
postpartum doulas to help them
and their
family adjust to life with a newborn.
Frequently listed as the bestselling
postpartum book on Amazon.com, Karen's book has proven to be an essential resource for
women and their
families.
And we have a new Task Force and Postpartum Psychosis Coordinator to better assist women and families struggling with this diagnos
And we have a new Task Force
and Postpartum Psychosis Coordinator to better assist women and families struggling with this diagnos
and Postpartum Psychosis Coordinator to better assist
women and families struggling with this diagnos
and families struggling with this diagnosis.
Doulas provide support for the
woman and her
family during pregnancy, labor,
and the immediate
postpartum period.
Postpartum doulas — who help
women after delivery — learn how to prepare
family meals, care for newborns
and provide lactation support.
The PATTCh board members are a group of psychotherapists, childbirth educators, doulas, researchers,
and academicians who are dedicated to bringing together like - minded individuals to educate childbearing
women and families and maternity care professionals; develop effective prenatal, intrapartum
and postpartum care practices to prevent or reduce traumatic birth
and post-birth PTSD;
and identify
and promote effective treatments to enhance recovery.
According to it's organizers at WorldDoulaWeek.com, the purpose of World Doula Week («WDW») is to empower doulas all over the world to improve the physiological, social, emotional,
and psychological health of
women, newborns
and families in birth
and in the
postpartum period.
We are an international, non-profit organization of doulas that strives to have every doula trained / educated to provide the highest quality / standards for birth
and / or
postpartum support to birthing
women and their
families.
Midwifery is «skilled, knowledgeable
and compassionate care for childbearing
women, newborn infants
and families across the continuum throughout pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth,
postpartum and the early weeks of life.
The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual
and social well being of the
woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the
woman with individualised education, counselling
and antenatal care; attendance during labour, birth
and the immediate
postpartum period by a known midwife; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising unnecessary technological interventions;
and identifying, referring
and co-ordinating care for
women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
Instead, she would provide emotional
and physical support for the laboring
woman and her
family and / or
postpartum care of the mother
and baby.
Please join us for a special theatre fundraiser benefitting
Postpartum Support International as we honor 30 years of excellence in transforming
women's
and families» lives.
PSI also has a
Postpartum Psychosis Coordinator to provide additional assistance to
women and families who are not in an emergency situation.
«It's the biggest obstacle to treatment,» says Wendy N. Davis, executive director of
Postpartum Support International, which provides education to healthcare providers,
and peer support
and referrals to
women and their
families.
Postpartum Doulas —
Postpartum doulas are
women who assist new
families in the days
and weeks after a new baby arrives.
She also has volunteered her time through GALS (Give Austin Labor Support), supporting
women and their
families during their pregnancy, labor
and postpartum time.
The
Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois is a non-profit organization staffed by volunteers who are all moms that helps Illinois
women and their
families» access support
and information about all emotional issues that can occur during pregnancy or within a year of delivery
As a calm
and compassionate
woman, I provide labor, birth,
and postpartum support for
families in the Lehigh Valley
and beyond.
She has studied
family violence for almost 30 years
and has written or edited 22 books
and more than 320 articles on
family violence,
postpartum depression, breastfeeding,
and women's health.
In addition to the counseling services
and support groups for pregnant
and postpartum women, the following programs have been established to enhance a
family's adjustment potential
and minimize the risk of depression / anxiety which may accompany many of these challenges.
Additional reasons for deciding not to breastfeed can include concern about the quality
and quantity of breast milk,
and partner
and family support, which are common across developed
and developing countries.10, 11
Women who decide not to breastfeed are also more likely to have smoked during their pregnancy, be primiparous mothers (i.e., having their first child),
and to have a child born low birth weight or with complex health issues such as cystic fibrosis.9, 12 Prenatal
and post-natal stressful experiences may also reduce the duration of breastfeeding.13 Finally, several studies suggest that mother's who return to work within the first 6 months
postpartum or anticipate an early return to full - time employment, are less likely to breastfeed.
This law, known as the
Postpartum Depression Law, was introduced by State Senate President Richard Codey inspired by his wife, PPD Advocate Mary Jo Codey, and is known for being the first in the United States to require healthcare providers / facilities to screen women who have recently given birth for postpartum depression and to educate women and
Postpartum Depression Law, was introduced by State Senate President Richard Codey inspired by his wife, PPD Advocate Mary Jo Codey,
and is known for being the first in the United States to require healthcare providers / facilities to screen
women who have recently given birth for
postpartum depression and to educate women and
postpartum depression
and to educate
women and families.
The midwife - led continuity model of care includes: continuity of care; monitoring the physical, psychological, spiritual
and social wellbeing of the
woman and family throughout the childbearing cycle; providing the
woman with individualised education, counselling
and antenatal care; continuous attendance during labour, birth
and the immediate
postpartum period; ongoing support during the postnatal period; minimising technological interventions;
and identifying
and referring
women who require obstetric or other specialist attention.
If more
women and families are knowledgeable about
and demand access to a full range of
postpartum options than we can begin to change how we treat this often ignored but very important time after pregnancy.
«With this action, we are helping ensure pregnant
and postpartum women across the state have access to the treatment they need to help build healthier lives for themselves
and their
families.»
«My ultimate goal is to provide
women and their
families with very concrete lifestyle recommendations that will enable them to prevent
postpartum depression,» explains the psychiatrist.