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The changes you go through during and after pregnancy have a name: matrescence.
What can make matrescence harder, putting you at risk for developing a perinatal mental health condition?
A birth that was unexpected, scary or traumatic
Trauma during pregnancy, birth, or postpartum
NICU admission
A personal history of mental health conditions or symptoms
Prenatal diagnosis
Personal history of abuse or neglect
Having a baby after infertility
Having a baby after perinatal loss
Grief and loss
Lacking parental leave policies/raising kids in the USA!
Having a limited support system
Pregnancy
Dads & Partners
Postpartum
Infant & Early Childhood
Infertility & Perinatal Loss
NICU & Medical Parenting
peri- from Greek peri (prep.) "around, about, beyond," natal (adj.) from natus, "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci)