A mom has gone viral this week after revealing the things people said to her about her traumatic birth. Valerie Oresko, 30, rated the responses in a video shared to her TikTok account (@valerieoresko) ...
It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins 11 years ago, an idyllic birth plan that ...
The birth of a baby is often celebrated as a joyful and natural process, but it can also be physically and emotionally traumatic. The Perinatal Trauma Clinic at Oregon Health & Science University is ...
Bringing new life into the world is overwhelmingly described and discussed as a joyous, miraculous experience. And while this can certainly be true, the automatic emphasis on the beautiful aspects of ...
Consider Ethan and Kevin (their names are pseudonyms to protect their privacy), two children that I worked with as an ...
Trauma affects individuals deeply, altering their sense of safety, their emotions, and how they perceive the world around them. Its impact can be profound and long-lasting, affecting mental, physical, ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island mother is trying to shed light on an often overlooked health need: Mental health care and support for mothers who’ve experienced a traumatic childbirth. Alexsis ...
A traumatic postpartum experience that included breastfeeding struggles, a NICU stay and postpartum depression led Kun Jiang to create The Joyful Nest – a confinement centre in Vietnam designed to ...