by Jennifer Baker | Jan 29, 2024 | Maternal Mental Health
We all know that motherhood is a beautiful journey filled with love, joy, and countless precious moments. But let’s be real for a moment – it can also be overwhelming, exhausting, and downright challenging at times. That’s why we want to talk about...
by Jennifer Baker | Jun 16, 2023 | Maternal Mental Health, miscarriage counselling, Pregnancy Loss
For many couples who conceive, the fear of miscarriage looms throughout the first trimester of pregnancy, and sometimes longer. Sadly, a miscarriage (the loss of a pregnancy <20 weeks), is a relatively common experience, occurring in approximately 1 in 4...
by Jennifer Baker | May 26, 2023 | Maternal Mental Health, Postpartum Counselling, Pregnancy Loss
My first pregnancy definitely did not go as I’d expected. After struggling with infertility for a number of years, finding out that I was pregnant was a joyful surprise, and yet wrought with anxiety. What if I lose the pregnancy? What if something goes wrong? As the...
by Jennifer Baker | Dec 13, 2022 | Maternal Mental Health
When the baby isn’t sleeping (and so you aren’t, either), the laundry is piling up, and you haven’t even washed your hair in who-knows-how-long, the idea of making a counselling appointment can feel like one more chore on the to-do list. Even though something hasn’t...
by Jennifer Baker | Dec 5, 2022 | Maternal Mental Health
Despite the recent growth in research on maternal mental health, many people are still unclear about what the concept of maternal mental health actually means for them, and how they might manage their mental health during this challenging season of life. This is...
