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Coming out of the closet about depression and postpartum depression
Originally posted October 10, 2012. I’m re-posting a previous blog that I wrote for World Mental Health Day. As I said before, as an LPC,...


Part Two: EMDR safety for healing birth trauma
Originally posted October 6, 2012. This post originally appeared in Science and Sensibility Part Two: Clinical Opinions Regarding the...


Part One: EMDR to treat Birth Trauma or PTSD (Onset Childbirth)
Originally posted October 6, 2012. This originally appeared in Science and Sensibility Part One: Research review: Evaluating EMDR as a...


How Much Stress is Too Much Stress in Pregnancy?
Originally posted September 26, 2012. I’d love to share with you a chapter from new book, BirthTouch: Shiatsu and Acupressure for the...


UNC Perinatal Psychiatry – live chat with Dr. Meltzer-Brody
Originally published September 19, 2012. As I sat at my computer at lunch hour, a wonderful email popped into my inbox! To my surprise,...
Book Review: One Mom’s Journey to Motherhood by Ivy Shih Leung
Originally posted July 31, 2012. I met Ivy at Postpartum Support International’s Conference in 2011. She had such a nice feeling about...


Prenatal Yoga: Integrating your Body and Mind: The Benefits of Yoga during Pregnancy
Originally posted July 22, 2012. This is a guest post written by Deena H. Blumenfeld, RYT, RPYT, LCCE, my friend and colleague at Science...


Hel-loooo Birth World – the Sky is Blue: Part Two of an Interview with Walker Karraa MFA, MA CD(DONA
Originally posted July 9, 2012. “Pregnant and postpartum women are particularly vulnerable to mood and anxiety disorders, and it is life...


Hel-looo Birth World – the Sky is Blue: Part One of an interview with Walker Karraa MFA, MA CD(DONA)
Originally posted June 25, 2012. How Long Must We Ask for Compassionate Care? Why aren’t our childbirth websites and our perinatal mental...


Fathers Day Interview with Will Courtenay, Ph.D.
Originally published June 15, 2012. Want to understand your man better? In honor of Father’s Day 2012, I had the pleasure of interviewing...


BirthTouch® Book Proofs Have Arrived this Weekend!
Originally posted June 4, 2012. I am happy to say that the proofs for my BirthTouch® books have finally arrived! I wrote the first...


Happy May, Healthy May: Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
Originally posted May 7, 2012. Blog Party Here! Post Your Blog Link Below! May is National Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. Post...


A Thank You Note from Me to La Leche League
Originally posted April 23, 2012. Celebrating 50 Years in New Jersey: La Leche League of the Garden State Area Network Conference April...


Grant Funded Community Doula Program
Originally posted April 6, 2012. Jill Gerken Wodnick has written a Guest Post about the Hudson Perinatal Community Doula Project for...


New Research – Changes in Labor Patterns Over 50 Years
Originally published April 2, 2012. New research was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Katherine Laughon,...


Perinatal Mental Health Join Us at the ICAN Meeting
Originally published March 26, 2012. Join us on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of...


Share Your Story: Janet ‘The Laundress’ Postpartum Psychosis Story
Originally published February 27, 2012. Share Your Story – Postpartum Psychosis Janet’s Experience – Postpartum Psychosis & Recovery...


Share Your Story – Ann Kirchner’s Birth Trauma and Postpartum Depression Story
Originally published February 20, 2012. Share Your Story – New series from BirthTouch! Ann Kirchner, CD(DONA) has graciously agreed to...


Infant Sleep Methods Part Five – Dr. Sears
Updated August 2021 In Part Five of my Infant Sleep Series, I revisit Dr. Sears’ bed-sharing and attachment parenting books as I am...


World Mental Health Day Blog Party: Coming Out of the Closet About Depression and Postpartum Depress
Originally posted October 9, 2011. Hey there! Honored to be part of PsychCentral’s World Mental Health Day Blog Party! Today, as an...
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