Mom & Mind Podcast | Postpartum | Birth | Pregnancy | Maternal Mental Health |

We would all love to only associate positive things with pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, but that’s just not everyone’s experience. Unfortunately, many people have negative emotions, triggers, traumas, and heartbreak around these major life events. I get mad on behalf of parents, especially mothers, during the perinatal time because of the real injustices many parents face. So many of these could be prevented if people were trained properly with awareness and compassion. I’m doing a bit of polite yelling in today’s soapbox edition of the podcast. Join me! Show Highlights: Responses I’ve gotten on my Facebook page about how parents are treated and the pressures put on them Comments to an expectant mom about her pregnancy tend to run between two extremes The transition to motherhood is NOT the same for everyone! We should be more thoughtful. The ridiculous question immediately after a first child is born: “When are you going to have another one?” Unfeeling comments to a mother after a traumatic birth or