Q/A with a Reproductive Psychiatrist
For this month’s blog update, PHA asked local reproductive psychiatrist, Dr. Sarah Kauffman, a few questions related to the treatment of PMADs. Dr. Kauffman is a psychiatrist who specializes in reproductive and forensic psychiatry. Her private practice (sarahkauffmanmd.com) is focused on women’s mental health, including psychotherapy, medication management, and consultation. She also works in the […]
Friday, July 24th
Join The MamAttorney, Daphne Delvaux, to discuss family leave and working parent’s rights. JULY 24 @ 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM About the event: Daphne Delvaux is a mom and an attorney, advocating for women’s rights, and specifically mom’s rights at work. We are excited to have Daphne leading our virtual educational event on July 24th. Join […]
Black Lives Matter. PHA’s Stance and Pledge.
The Postpartum Health Alliance is called to action by this long overdue and pivotal moment in our country. We are proud to stand in solidarity with providers, parents and other racial justice advocates against the institutional and systemic oppression of the Black community. Working hand in hand with our professional members, this month we renew […]
4 Tips to Eliminate Sleep Props
Written by Natalie Fitzgerald, Certified Sleep Consultant, and Postpartum Doula. A sleep prop is something your baby relies on to fall asleep or to fall back asleep. Common sleep props can be rocking or nursing to sleep – but really it’s anything that your baby relies on to fall asleep, and cannot fall back to […]
Parenting With Social Media
Undoubtedly, social media has completely changed society. Everything we do and see is now being documented for our family and friends (and the rest of the universe for that matter) to see. They experience what we experience through tiny 5-inch screens. How is this changing the way we parent and how is this affecting our […]
Membership Benefits
As a member, you receive: A listing on our website, if you are a provider in the Perinatal community. You have the ability to control / update your own bio, profile photo, etc. We ask that you please make it easy for our Warmline volunteers and website visitors to search for you (I.e. name which […]
How Can We Help Low-Income Families Get Access to Care?
Author: Shelly Tregembo With the passage of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion, California now boasts more than 12 million people insured through the Medi-Cal program– the largest number of insured individuals in our State’s history. And amazingly, finally, these millions of newly-insured Californians have coverage that includes mental health services. As much as […]
It’s Time to Quit Telling Dads to Support Moms
“She’s going to need a lot of help, so you’ll need to be there to support her with whatever she needs once the baby comes.” I do a lot of clinical work with parents as well as training with “maternal and child mental health” organizations, and I usually end up telling virtually everyone who’ll listen […]
Chat with a Psychiatrist
By Veronica James, LCSW This month I have the honor of introducing you to Dr. Alison Reminick. Dr. Reminick is a board-certified psychiatrist who directs the UCSD Women’s Reproductive Mental Health Program, which helps women manage and recover from anxiety, depression, or other emotional issues during infertility, pregnancy, or the postpartum period. Dr. Reminick specializes […]
What is a fertility story?
Healing comes when a person identifies the narrative that they created about themselves as they went through their reproductive process. This narrative becomes supported in consciously choosing which beliefs they hold on to and which ones do not serve them now that their journey is behind them. Left unexplored, narratives can lead to internalized emotions […]