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Maternal Mental Health: A Journey Through Motherhood and Eating Disorder Recovery

Happy Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month! This is a much needed spotlight on the mental health for all mamas in any stage of their journey through motherhood. “1 in 5 women experience mental health concerns during pregnancy and…

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Infertility and Eating Disorder Guilt

Pregnancy

“Have you ever had an eating disorder?” the intake nurse asked me. It was an easy enough question, one that I would normally answer, “Yes.” But, on that day, sitting next to my husband in a large fertility clinic on Long Island, I…

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Eating Disorders in Pregnancy

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a vulnerable period for women with a history of an eating disorder. Pregnant women with an eating disorder may imply feeling increasingly out of control with one’s body and one’s life. Some pregnant women with a history of an…

Eating Disorders & Pregnancy: A Complicated Relationship

Pregnancy

Eating Disorders & Pregnancy: What’s the Relationship? The relationship between eating disorders and pregnancy is complicated. Women with eating disorders are more likely to struggle with infertility and are at an increased risk for…

Blossoming

Pregnancy

I grew up imagining life like most do… get through high school, choose a career path, go back to school, get married, have cute kids, and live happily ever after. Call me old fashion, but that’s how I envisioned it all happening. Fast…

Pregnancy with Disordered Eating

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a wild time. Not only are you flooded with hormones and opinions, but your body is changing. The body that you have been told to strive for perfection in, will no longer be the one you know. Messages targeted to cis women during…

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The Permission Slip For Pregnancy

Pregnancy

I am a 32 year old female, raised in the millennial generation. This means I should be eligible for compensation from damages received by being subjected to shows such as America's Next Top Model, The Biggest Loser, and pretty much every single…

Talking Back to Popular Myths About Your Postpartum Body

Body Image, Pregnancy

There is enormous cultural pressure to have our bodies look and feel the same after pregnancy and childbirth. These narratives about “getting your body back” are presented as a focus on health, but there is nothing healthy about the expectation…

Navigating Pregnancy as a Fat Woman

Pregnancy

When I got pregnant, my midwife insisted I take the gestational diabetes test repeatedly because she couldn’t believe my blood sugar was normal. The extra testing proved over and over that my baby and I were healthy, but my midwife never seemed…

5 Ways to De-center Weight in Your Prenatal Care

Pregnancy

In our current healthcare model, it’s easy to fall into the trap of seeing weight and BMI as the most important measure of health. Prenatal care is no different and the focus on weight, weight gain, and the weight of the baby too often take…

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