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Prenatal and Postpartum Mental Health

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Perinatal Mental Health

The transition into parenthood is one of the most profound life changes. Prioritizing your mental health during this time not only supports your own healing, it strengthens your bond with your baby, your relationships, and your long-term well-being.

 

You deserve care that meets you where you are, honors your story, and helps you find balance through pregnancy and postpartum.

Support during Pregnancy

Physical and emotional changes — Adjusting to changes in your body, emotions, and sense of identity during pregnancy

  • Pregnancy anxiety — Managing worries about pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, or becoming a parent

  • High-risk pregnancy — Coping with medical complications, uncertainty, or difficult pregnancy experiences

  • Pregnancy after loss — Navigating fear, grief, and uncertainty after miscarriage, stillbirth, or other pregnancy loss

  • Pregnancy after infertility or fertility treatment — Processing previous fertility experiences and the emotions that can come with finally becoming pregnant

  • Preparing for birth and parenthood — Building emotional readiness for labor, delivery, postpartum recovery, and the transition into parenthood

Support Postpartum

  • Postpartum depression and anxiety — Managing changes in mood, worry, irritability, or feeling overwhelmed

  • Postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts — Understanding distressing or unwanted thoughts and the anxiety that can accompany them

  • Sleep deprivation and emotional changes — Coping with exhaustion, mood shifts, and the demands of caring for a new baby

  • Feeding and body image — Processing emotions related to breastfeeding, pumping, formula feeding, body changes, or postpartum recovery

  • Identity and role changes — Adjusting to your evolving sense of self and the transition into parenthood

  • Relationships and connection — Navigating changes in partnership, family dynamics, intimacy, and social relationships

  • The everyday challenges of new parenthood — Managing the emotional, practical, and relational demands of caring for a baby

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Birth Trauma & Medical Complications

  • Process a traumatic birth — Make sense of what happened and explore feelings of grief, anger, guilt, or loss

  • Navigate a NICU experience — Cope with the stress, uncertainty, and emotional challenges of having a baby in the NICU

  • Adjust after an emergency C-section or medical intervention — Process the experience and emotions surrounding an unexpected birth or recovery

  • Work through medical trauma — Address the emotional impact of complications during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or postpartum

  • Cope with feelings of loss or disappointment — Process the gap between the birth experience you hoped for and what actually happened

  • Reconnect with yourself and your baby — Work through feelings of fear, disconnection, or difficulty adjusting after a difficult birth experience

Inclusive Care for All Birthing Individuals

Every family and every postpartum journey looks different. This support is affirming and inclusive for women, LGBTQ+ parents, single parents, and all family structures. 

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