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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...


Book Review: One Mom’s Journey to Motherhood by Ivy Shih Leung
I met Ivy at Postpartum Support International’s Conference in 2011. She had such a nice feeling about her. Her accessibility, strength, humility and intelligence were quite strongly evident. Of course I had to kindle her book when it came out. Ivy, as she says, gives us a picture of the “ordinary postpartum depression” experience. But her personal story is about so much more than postpartum depression. I had a lot of emotions as I read her personal story and learned about


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...


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...


Guest Community Manager(April) for Lamaze
Originally posted April 1, 2012. Science and Sensibility I am honored and hope that I can do a good job for Lamaze International for the...


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...


Invisible Pain – Mental Illness
Originally posted January 14, 2012. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama Dr. Ann Becker-Schutte wrote a blog...


You Are Not Alone – Postpartum Support International’s Conference Whole Care for the Whole Family
Originally published September 15, 2011. I am in Seattle from Wednesday to Sunday for Postpartum Support International’s (PSI) Annual...
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