Posts Tagged ‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Read MoreResources for Healing Racial Trauma
Perinatal Support Washington recognizes that resources to heal racial trauma is not the cure for the impact of racism on Black communities. Instead, consistent action to dismantle systems that are…
Read MoreIt’s about time I share my story
Letter from Perinatal Support Washington Executive Director, Allie Lindsay Johnson Dear PS-WA Community, Since joining Perinatal Support Washington last fall, I’ve had the joy and privilege to meet many of…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Information and Links for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Updated 3/24/2020 FAQ for pregnancy, birth, and newborns: We are hearing reports that hospitals are limiting support people at births, screening support people before allowing them in, and possibly separating…
Read MoreMindfulness and Stress Reduction Resources for People of Color
Stress Reduction Resources (mindfulness, movement, meditation) Updated 4/13/2020 Stress reduction sites Stress Reduction Resources by and for People of Color Spanish Mindfulness By and for Black/African American Women Mindfulness/Guided Meditations Jerell…
Read MoreCoping Strategies During COVID-19
No doubt these are uncertain times and uncertainty can lead to increased anxiety and depression. With children at home looking to us for comfort and a sense of safety this…
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