Motherhood
Disaster-Proofing Parenthood: 5 Steps to Empower Pregnant and Postpartum Families
By Shakima Tozay, DSW, MSW, LICSW, PMH-C, CCM Imagine trying to evacuate a major community disaster, such as a wildfire, severe storm, or flooding, while being six months pregnant or…
Read MoreFacing Loss Within a Nest of Care
By Rikki Hinz About one month before the Nest of Care Perinatal Grief and Loss training cohort began, I had the tremendously confusing and painful, ambiguous loss that is the…
Read MoreThis World Breastfeeding Week, I’m inviting Palestinian Mothers to the Table
By Elizabeth Moore Simpson [Trigger warning: infant loss] “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever…
Read MoreNavigating Anxiety, Motherhood, and the Power of Perinatal Mental Health Care
By Maggie Meyers [Trigger warning: child loss] In 2016, I made a decision I thought was best for my future family: I weaned off my SSRI medication, which I had…
Read MoreMyla Rugge Reflects on 15 years of Mom Prom
1.) You’ve done so much volunteering for parenting causes; what inspired you to get started? When I had my first kid in 2008, I started thinking about what moms go through,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Gigi Perez, IMAGINE Facilitator
1. What is the IMAGINE Study and who is eligible to participate? The IMAGINE Study is a pilot program designed to explore how digital peer support groups can help pregnant…
Read MoreSumi’s Story
I was 28 when I had my first baby, when most of my peers were just meeting lifelong partners. The pregnancy went smoothly until the last trimester, when I was…
Read MoreCara’s Story
I had my child on April 3rd, 2020. That day is such a blur. It was not how it was supposed to be. It was terrifying and traumatizing, and I…
Read MoreBethany’s Story
Shortly after getting married, I found out I was pregnant with my third baby, my first with my husband. With my older two children, I had not struggled with any…
Read MoreAlma’s Story
I was 38 years old when I became pregnant with my first son, Sebastian, who is now 4. As a woman who had her first pregnancy after 35, I received…
Read More