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

If you know something is wrong, wouldn’t you want your doctor to listen? How does it feel to advocate for yourself with no success? My guest shares her story of dealing with postpartum depression for years while she tried to advocate for herself. Listen in to see how she finally found healing, and why she shares her story with honesty and openness. Jessica Mirisis lives in Massachusetts and is the mother of three girls, ages 2, 6, and her stepdaughter, age 12. Jessica works as an RN and helps her husband run their two businesses. Jessica battled several issues with maternal mental health for years, not getting the help she needed.    Show Highlights:   In May 2012, her first daughter was born, about the time she graduated from nursing school, got married, and bought a house With her pregnancy, she was sick all the time Her labor was slow and long, the baby came four days early, and she had low iron after the birth Her breastfeeding struggles for 6 weeks and then switching to formula How her baby didn’t s