Reproductive Psychiatrist @columbiapsych | Contributor @NYTimes | Author “What No One Tells You” | Podcast Host @Spotify“Motherhood Sessions” I not med advice
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Being a mom is hard. Everybody knows that. We hear abt sleepless nights & diaper changes, not the profound identity shift of motherhood—a psychological Big Bang.
That's why @Gimletmedia & I decided to make Motherhood Sessions feat deeply personal convos: gimletmedia.com/motherhood-s…
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@alexandra_sacks Pls retweet: With the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis we NEED to listen to the experiences of Black women. If you are a 18+ Black mother who gave birth from 2012-2018 who felt at risk while giving birth you qualify for my study: tinyurl.com/BlackWomenLivesA…
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With thanks to @FlettGordon, #PaulHewitt of @UBCPsych, @SarahRosensweet, @alexandra_sacks, @CBirndorfMD, @corrigankelly, and #KonradPiotrowski. theatlantic.com/family/archi…
Thanks @JessGrose and @NYTParenting for once again speaking up about the hard truths of pandemic parenting -always an honor to be included in these complex and important conversations - check out her terrific (as always) piece:
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Thanks @TheAtlantic for speaking up about motherhood during the pandemic, and @sophieGG for sharing your important story in this beautiful piece- an honor to be included .
“The isolation of pandemic new parenthood … felt like a wound. It stung bitterly from the very beginning, and every day that went by only made it more raw.” @sophieGG on becoming a mother this past year: on.theatln.tc/ENA29q5
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My latest for @Salon feat. @alexandra_sacks @CBirndorfMD @DoctorBuehler @stacylindau @khnrowland @DrJenGunter @WednesdayMartin @deconstructjg @formerlyhot
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Black women are dying in the US during their matrescence. Being deeply moved by the work of @OsopePatrisse, @KamalaHarris, @alexandra_sacks, @miriamzperez, I wrote some thoughts to join the conversation around how #matrescence can expand to discuss racism. tinyurl.com/y74g9cnq
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Please considering signing this petition to include anti-racism training in medical school curriculums.
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This week we are highlighting the leadership of the Black women in our community.
First up, our Board Member @Ebmidwif, who leads the midwifery service @cohdc and serves @thenaabb.
Please support her work with $$ TODAY.
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"For those living with or caring for someone with severe autism, those challenges can be exponentially more difficult."
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Until very recently CDC didn’t reliably track and report maternal mortality
Doing so laid racism bare, compelling clinicians/administrators/white people to begin acknowledging & addressing racism in medicine.
CDC does not currently report/track police violence. Should they? 🤔 – at Massachusetts, USA
“Less whine, more wine.” But if all parents had that kind of support, then maybe “wine mom” wouldn’t be such a loaded term—and moms could enjoy the occasional glass of wine in peace."
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"It's a condition many women experience after having a baby and it can feel debilitating without proper treatment."
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"I have an anxiety disorder, so I feel stress and everyday pressure to a very intense degree."
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"Sometimes we need someone to assure us that things are going to be O.K. Other times what we really need to hear is that in that moment, they’re not supposed to be."
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"Any form of discrimination is unjust and unfair to whoever is involved. Everyone is created equal; therefore, the natural and wonderful reality of pregnancy should not cause a woman to be treated differently."
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That motherhood penalty is one reason .She launched the training and support group Pros and Babes.
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"His birth was officially when I learned that labor, delivery, and motherhood were nothing like they appear to be in the movies."
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“The moment I saw that woman trying to get up from the bed I started crying. Postpartum is by far the worst and least talked about part of pregnancy.”
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