Moms encouraged to put their mental health first on Maternal Mental Health Day
YEAR AND HELP THEM COMPLETE THE COURSE GRADUATIONS TO THEM. WELL, TODAY IS MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH DAY. AND WE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE MOTHER’S DAY, SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGING MOMS TO MAKE SURE TO PUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST. >> OUR CARLY MOORE IS ON ITS SPEAKING WITH THOSE MOMS WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT. >> EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE WITH PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND POSTPARTUM CAN BE DIFFERENT HERE. CONDITION TO FEEL LIKE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE HAPPIEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU’RE NOT FEELING HAPPY, IT FEELS AWKWARD TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE HOW CONFUSED AND THE TOLL THAT THIS IS HAVING ON MOM OF 2 JEN DAVIS DID NOT LOVE EVERY MINUTE AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER KIDS. I DIDN’T REALLY HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT I WAS FEELING. >> AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU FEEL VERY ALONE ISOLATED. I WOULD SAY I ABSOLUTELY WAS SUFFERING IN SILENCE. SYMPTOMS WERE WORSE. THE SECOND GO-AROUND. REALLY FEELINGS OF REGRET. AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK OR FEEL THE SAME WITH EACH PREGNANCY EACH CHILD. SARAH NAGLE YANG WITH WOMEN’S BEHAVIOR, HEALTH AND WELLNESS AT SIU AND SAYS 85% OF CAREGIVERS GET THE BABY BLUES 2 WEEKS AFTER A BABY IS BORN. THERE’S THIS FALSE SENSE OF LIKE EITHER. AND I’M GIVING ALL OF MYSELF TO MY BABY OR I’M. >> YOU KNOW, TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM MY BABY BY KATE, CARING FOR MYSELF AND >> THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THAT THE HEALTH OF A MOM AND THE HEALTH OF BABY ARE TIED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER. SHE SAYS IT CAN FEEL ISOLATING, WHICH IS BY GROUP SUPPORT CAN BE SO EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS JUST SO POWERFUL. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT. >> SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR KIND OF PATH IS SO MUCH EVEN OFTEN MORE POWERFUL THAN WHAT A CLINICIAN CAN OFFER. BIGGEST GOAL FOR ME IS TO >> MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
May 7 is Maternal Mental Health Day. With a couple of days left before Mother’s Day, some organizations are encouraging moms to put their mental health first.
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