Postpartum Rage: Why You Feel So Angry After Having a Baby (and What Helps)
If you’ve ever found yourself snapping at your partner, feeling your chest get hot, or needing to walk away because your anger feels like it might spill over, you are not alone. This is something I hear about often from the moms I work with, and it’s one of the most...
Enhancing Breastfeeding Success with Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Breastfeeding is a special journey that involves so much more than merely feeding your baby; it helps build a strong bond between you and your child, supporting that loving closeness and connection that parents and babies share. While it’s an immensely rewarding...
One Birth, Two Realities: Why Childbirth-Related PTSD Is More Common in Moms Than Dads
A new study published in May 2024 in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology caught my attention—mostly because it confirms something I see all the time in therapy: childbirth can be traumatic, and the emotional impact on moms is often overlooked or...
Why am I so angry? – Understanding Postpartum Rage
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough: postpartum rage. Not anxiety. Not sadness. Rage.Like…throw-the-phone-across-the-room rage. Yelling-at-your-partner-for-blinking-too-loud rage. Feeling like your insides are boiling over...