Understanding Perinatal Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes, and Healing for Birthing People & Families
Becoming a parent is often portrayed as a time of joy and fulfillment, but for many, the perinatal period (pregnancy through the first year postpartum) is marked by overwhelming anxiety. While some stress is normal, clinical perinatal anxiety disorders go beyond typical worries, affecting a parent’s well-being, their family, and even their baby’s development…
Understanding Perinatal Depression: Causes, Symptoms, and the Path to Healing
Bringing a new life into the world is often portrayed as a time of joy and fulfillment. Yet, for many birthing people, the perinatal period—encompassing pregnancy and the first year postpartum—can be marked by overwhelming sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion. Perinatal depression is a serious mental health condition that affects 1 in 7 birthing people in the United States (Wisner et al., 2013), yet it remains widely misunderstood and under diagnosed…
