May is Maternal Health Awareness month.
CDC statistics show 1 in 8 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression.
But in truth, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. It does not include anxiety, OCD and other intrusive thoughts.
AND-that’s outside of a pandemic that has isolated our support systems, in person resources and raised a whole new set of concerns over the health and well-being of mom and baby.
On this special edition of Parenting in a Pandemic, on All Good in the Motherhood, Reproductive psychiatrist Catherine Birndorf cofounder and medical director of The Motherhood Center explains how we can support
new moms and how all she's seeing ALL mothers rise to meet this challenge, like the warriors they are.