Voluntary Commitment After Birth - A Story of Recovery
Street Parking Podcast · Miranda Alcaraz
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Show Notes
On this week's episode, Lauren K. helps break down some of the stigma around mental health issues and shares her experience with postpartum depression and anxiety. From being proactive, informed, and educated in mental health concerns to voluntarily committing herself to a behavioral health clinic when she knew she needed more support, Lauren's story is one of courage and recovery.
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Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety.
Topics:
01:23 - Introduction
07:15 - Starting labor and Ethan's birth
09:27 - 5 Catheters after birth for help with peeing
16:26 - Feeling unprepared for the intense fatigue after birth
18:25 - From baby blues to ppd and ppa
20:38 - Adverse reaction to first antidepressant medication
21:20 - Tongue and lip ties and struggles with feeding
23:29 - Thoughts of not wanting to be around anymore
24:14 - Voluntarily checking into a behavioral health clinic
28: 39 - Her symptoms of postpartum anxiety
30:53 - Getting perspective and connecting with other people in the clinic
36:45 - Going home and moving forward
43:16 - The stigma around mental health issues and medication
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