Tag: wellness
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Physical Activity During the Postpartum Period
Physical activity can help improve the overall wellbeing of individuals, not only enhancing physical wellbeing, but also emotional and mental health. The benefits of physical activity span across the timelines, helping to improve health across the whole lifetime of an individual. “…all parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and…
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Postpartum Depression
Many mothers experience mood disorders following their birth experience. A common postpartum mood disorder is called the baby blues in which the mother experiences intense mood swings. The baby blues are typically experienced during the initial 6 weeks after giving birth. In fact, over 80% of women who have given birth have stated they experience…
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Reproductive Toxicity & Infertility in Women
If you or someone you care about faces the daunting prospect of infertility, there can be a huge mix of emotions to deal with – worry, fear, dismay, and confusion. Infertility is a huge and sad topic to discuss, but it is important to embark on this difficult conversation to grow and learn about the…
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Understanding Maternal Suicidality: Risks, Timing, and Prevention
The grief, sadness, and depression that parents feel due to loss, pain, or unforeseen circumstances is a true tragedy. Sometimes the pain and sadness a mother experiences can lead to dark places of suicidal thoughts or actions. Although it is heart-wrenching to bring up the topic of maternal suicide, it is critical to start conversations…
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Supporting a Healthy Gut Microbiome During Pregnancy
As an expecting mother, you have a lot of changes to face – a new season of life, an expanding belly, fluctuating moods and emotions, a changing appetite, and all the other changes associated with welcoming a new life into the world. Some of the changes pregnant women encounter on their journey are very obvious…
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Development of a Child In-Utero
The development of a baby begins at conception, when a sperm fertilizes an egg, becoming a zygote. Embryonic or fetal age (conceptual age): the amount of time elapsed since the sperm fertilizes the egg The embryonic or fetal age is different than the typical method of measuring the prenatal age of a baby – the…
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Mental Health Struggles and Therapy for New Parents
Depression and anxiety during and after pregnancy is often unnoticed yet very difficult reality of new parents. Many women are struggling with postpartum depression (PPD), with this disorder being the most common problem associated with giving birth. About 15% of women experience a major depressive disorder during the postpartum period, but the true amount of…
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Be here.
I would like to invite you to take a moment to pause. Take a deep breath in and release that breath. Release all of those thoughts swirling in your head. Release the noise. Release the worries, the expectations, and the pressure. Be here in this moment now. I would like to welcome you to my…