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Approximately 15 percent of women suffer from postpartum depression each year and that is only when it’s self reported. This number is higher than the amount of women who will get diabetes, suffer a stroke or get diagnosed with breast cancer in one year. In The Boob Group Episode #69, Robin Kaplan from San Diego…
This is hard. One little statement, so many applications. I have said it while exercising, while attempting to tie my shoes while pregnant, while being induced, while struggling to breastfeed, and most notably the day I knew I needed help with postpartum depression and anxiety. If you knew my story, you would know better than…
Breastfeeding was never on my radar. As a survivor of childhood sexual assault and rape, I had no interest in ever letting someone touch my body in that way. The idea of someone having on demand access to my body sent me back to being 8 years old and unable to say no. I discussed…
For some, motherhood comes easy. Some have great role models, wonderful examples of motherhood, amazing memories of their own mothers that they hope to recreate with their children. For some, the road is a little more difficult. I fall in the second group. My childhood was the stuff nightmares are made of. I was born…
The Boob Group and I kick off Rumina’s Healing Series with a New Mommy Media Podcast: Breastfeeding After Sexual Abuse. Along with featured expert Diana Sjostrom Psychologist, we discuss how sexual abuse can greatly impact your breastfeeding relationship between you and your baby. What are the main signs of trauma? How can you overcome those emotions and create…
Some call it nesting, I think for me it’s preparing for the worse case scenario. Worse case scenario being my husband and I are zombies after we come down from the first initial high of becoming parents to an amazing, new, little boy. I can foresee that the lack of sleep and heighten sensitivity to…
When I gave birth to my son 5+ years ago, it wasn’t what any first time mom would like to experience. I was having problems with maintaining my blood pressure and when my little boys’ heart rate dropped too low, I was rushed into an emergency c-section. It was an extremely frightening process that didn’t…
I’m not an experienced pumper or nursing mother. I’m not even an experienced mom but I will soon enter the mom ‘gaining experience’ realm with my first little guy this summer. (My goals as of now are to nurse and pump but I haven’t quite figured out how long I’ll go past the WHO recommended…
I’ve heard of the baby fog. I know a lot of moms suffer from it and I don’t anticipate me being any different. I’ll have a lot of family around to help and that will be great but there’s only so much family can help with, especially when it comes to feeding. I’m hoping to…
I’ve heard of the baby fog. I know a lot of moms suffer from it and I don’t anticipate me being any different. I’ll have a lot of family around to help and that will be great but there’s only so much family can help with, especially when it comes to feeding. I’m hoping to…
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