The Matrescence Ritual is a full body and mind experience, drawing on conscious and unconscious emotional material.

The DBT PLEASE skill focuses on caring for the body as a foundation for emotional balance - an especially important practice fore the fourth trimester.

Originally posted October 10, 2018. In May of 2018, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) expanded the definition of postpartum care of mom and baby and embraced the inclusive concept of the “fourth trimester.” For decades, American mom-baby advocacy groups have used the fourth trimester as a way to conceptualize newborn care in the first three months. And now ACOG validates and identifies this conceptualization of the fourth trimester as a s

Postpartum Depression, Shame and Stigma Clara just had a baby. But she was not feeling very…well, happy. Yes, she felt overpowering love for her new baby. But she also felt irritable, depressed, nauseous and she was crying alot. Even worse, she started having nightmares. Scary nightmares that she dared not talk to anyone else about. They were, well, just plain disturbing. They centered around things that she imagined could just happen to her baby that were outside of

Originally posted September 11, 2018. Hire a postpartum doula to help in the fourth trimester What is a postpartum doula? A postpartum...

Originally posted June 25, 2012. How Long Must We Ask for Compassionate Care? Why aren’t our childbirth websites and our perinatal mental...

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