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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...
“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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...