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08/27/2025

08/27/2025

This is a gentle invitation for the Saying Goodbye Remembrance Service that will be taking place tomorrow (Wednesday) 💕

These special services, hosted by Saying Goodbye (Mariposa International), offer a safe and sacred space for anyone who has experienced the heartbreak of losing a baby during pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy — whether the loss happened recently or many years ago. Those grieving never being able to have a baby are also invited to attend. They welcome everyone, regardless of faith background or beliefs.

Details:

📍 Location: Saint Johns Cathedral, Jacksonville, FL
🕒 Time: August 27th, at 5pm (EST)

08/15/2025

Tomorrow! 💕

Free Food! Free Diapers! Prizes! Come on out and learn about resources available to mamas!

08/15/2025

This article on first trimester tips for nausea, food aversions, fatigue and more covers strategies to handle common first trimester complaints with real food and lifestyle changes.

08/15/2025

08/15/2025

💛 Need help for your mental health during pregnancy, postpartum, or after loss? You're not alone — and support is just a call or text away.

Here are three trusted helplines to guide you based on your needs:

📞 PSI HelpLine – Call or text 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD)
• Not a crisis line — it's a safe and confidential place to get support, information, and resources
• Staffed by trained volunteers who return messages within a few hours during business hours
• Available in English and Spanish
• For pregnant, postpartum, and post-loss individuals and families worldwide

📞 National Maternal Mental Health Hotline – 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)
• For 24/7 support from licensed counselors
• Free and confidential
• Serving pregnant and postpartum individuals in the U.S.
• Offers real-time support and warm handoffs to services in your area

📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline – Dial 988
• For anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis
• Free, confidential, and available 24/7
• Connects you with trained crisis counselors, with access to maternal mental health resources when needed

👉 Visit: postpartum.net/get-help

✨ You are not alone. You are not to blame. With help, you will be well.

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

08/05/2025

07/01/2025

Motherhood is often painted in pastels.⁠ “Natural.” “Joyful.” “Intuitive.”⁠
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But for so many women, especially in the weeks and months after birth, it’s not soft or easy. It’s raw. Lonely. Overwhelming.⁠⁠
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And here’s the truth we’re not told:⁠⁠ 1 in 5 mothers will experience a PMAD—a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder.⁠
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It’s the #1 complication of pregnancy and birth.⁠
And the #2 cause of maternal death (su***de a scary, leading cause).⁠
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Yet PMADs are too often missed, minimized, or dismissed. Mothers are told to be grateful. To push through. To smile for the baby.⁠
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But PMADs aren’t just “baby blues.”⁠
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They include:⁠ ⁠
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• Depression (during or after pregnancy)⁠
• Anxiety that hijacks your thoughts⁠
• Intrusive thoughts and OCD⁠
• PTSD, often from traumatic birth⁠
• Postpartum psychosis (rare but real)⁠
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This is The Hidden Motherhood Struggle.⁠ And it’s time we name it.⁠
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If you're in it right now, please know:⁠
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🌀 You are not broken.⁠
🌀 You are not alone.⁠
🌀 And you can feel better.⁠
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⁠You deserve support. And care that sees *you.*⁠
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Join me for the On Health podcast, where I sit down with + from to talk about PMADs—why they’re missed, how to get help, and what recovery looks like.⁠ 🎧 Link to listen: https://avivaromm.com/pmads/
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And come talk to other new mamas in the Mama Pathway -- my upcoming postpartum course.⁠
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A warm, real-world guide to healing—physically, emotionally, hormonally, and spiritually. ⁠ ✨ Want the details when it drops?⁠ Join the waitlist: https://avivaromm.com/matrescence-waitlist/
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Because you matter and because you deserve real care, rooted in wisdom. ⁠
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05/07/2025

It’s World Maternal Mental Health Day, and destigmatizing perinatal mood & anxiety disorders is needed now more than ever!

Postpartum depression (PPD) is often what folks automatically think of, but the reality is that there are several PMADs that can occur any time in the perinatal period, including during pregnancy and postpartum.

This includes:
🧠 Depression
🧠 Anxiety
🧠 PTSD
🧠 OCD
🧠 Psychosis

Only 25% of those impacted will seek treatment, often due to the stigma surrounding these conditions, cost related to treatment, and fear of repercussions (such as losing custody of their children or being deemed a “bad mom”).

I understand these fears intimately, and feel that I’d be remiss if I wasn’t transparent about my own journey.

I just had my fourth baby in February, and I’m no stranger to perinatal depression, anxiety, & trauma. Despite being in therapy for the last two years and trying every holistic remedy under the sun, I was still struggling heavily with my symptoms.

In April, I finally found the courage to say “yes” to chatting with a psychiatrist. She validated what I had been experiencing, and confirmed my self diagnoses: PTSD, depression, anxiety, and PMDD was also added to the roster.

It took a lot of hyping myself up, but I began medication — my first time back on mental health meds in nearly 7 years! It’s made such a difference in my mental wellness already.

If you needed a sign that it’s okay to accept help, please let this be it!

“You are not alone. You are not to blame. With help, you WILL be well.” 💛

If you need support:
🌻 Call or text the PSI HelpLine at 800-944-4773. You don’t need a diagnosis to ask for help!
🌻 / postpartum.net has a variety of online peer support groups available.