For Parents
Perfect to Panicked: My Struggle With Postpartum Anxiety
By: Haley Bradenburg, PS-WA Clinical Extern Content warning: Postpartum Anxiety, intrusive thoughts Dear Perinatal Support Washington community, In 2014 I had an incredible homebirth with a midwife for my second son’s birth. We both had minimal or no complications. I felt empowered, and, as though nothing could possibly hinder my ability to be the best…
Read MoreNot All Sunshine And Glitter: Postpartum Anxiety & Trauma
By Clysta Cole, PS-WA Staff Content warning: Postpartum Anxiety, intimate partner violence, PTSD Waqaa! (Hello) My Name is Clysta Cole, I am Inuit/Yupik, a mother to 6, I want to share my story with you, I offer this to you so that you may take from it what is useful and leave what is not.…
Read MoreMy Fight To Stay Afloat: Postpartum Anxiety
By Angie Myers, PS-WA Board Member Content warning: Postpartum Anxiety, intrusive thoughts When my son Joseph was born, I was elated after a wonderful delivery with an incredible OB. During my maternity leave, my spring baby and I took daily walks and did lots of tummy time. I was on cloud nine, feeling like maybe…
Read MorePostpartum Psychosis in A Pandemic: My Story Part 2
By: Allie Lindsay Johnson, PS-WA Executive Director Content warning: Postpartum Psychosis, NICU With my experience of depression following a miscarriage, I was on the look-out for signs of depression. It never occurred to me I’d develop the most rare of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders: Postpartum psychosis. My little girl Evie’s IUGR – intrauterine growth…
Read MoreMy Story of Loss: From Feeling Isolated to Understood
By: Heather, Parent Education & Resilience Collaborative (PERC) participant If you are in the process of trying to be a parent, pregnant, or parenting and living in King County, our local Parent Resilience Specialists are available for you to help make those strides with confidence. To get more information call our Warm Line (1-888-404-7763) and ask…
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