Mental Health
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Understanding Postpartum Psychosis
If you’re a new mum, postpartum psychosis is a possibility, and something that affects many women each year. This article will explore more about this condition, some of its predominant symptoms, how it can affect your baby, and what you...
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Perinatal Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
What is Perinatal OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)? When a woman suffers from OCD during pregnancy, psychiatrists call this perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (perinatal OCD.) Some women may suffer from OCD before pregnancy; however, pregnancy or birth can trigger OCD for others. A first-time...
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Anorexia and Bullimia
Pregnancy and Eating Disorders Eating disorders and pregnancy go hand-in-hand. For many women, pregnancy causes the most significant changes in their bodies since puberty; as a result, it can cause severe body image and mental health issues. Many eating disorders—such...
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Perinatal anxiety
While pregnancy is still viewed by our society as almost a perfect, idyllic period of a woman’s life, the truth can be very different. The unprecedented hormonal and bodily changes of pregnancy, in fact, can cause several mental health concerns....
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Maintaining mental wellbeing during pregnancy
Pregnancy can and should be an incredibly special journey towards an even more special destination: motherhood. However, pregnancy also comes with a lot of physical and emotional changes and challenges, which means that not every woman will enjoy these unique...
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Tokophobia
While giving birth to a baby is one of the most natural events to happen to a person, it can also become very complicated, very quickly, even in our modern times. When discussing childbirth, it’s important to address topics such...