A Mother is Born
A Mother is Born
Podcast Description
A Mother Is Born is a podcast to support women and their partners through trying to conceive, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—guided by values, intuition, and intention. Through real conversations about preconception planning, navigating maternity care, and the identity shift into motherhood, you'll find grounded support, practical education, and empowering guidance for every step of the journey.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers various themes surrounding motherhood including preconception planning, maternity care navigation, postpartum identity shifts, and mental health issues like OCD during pregnancy. For example, an episode titled 'OCD in Pregnancy and Postpartum' focuses on the manifestation of OCD in new parents, while 'Form over Function' discusses the societal oversexualization of women's bodies and its impact on their maternal experiences.
A Mother Is Born is a podcast to support women and their partners through trying to conceive, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—guided by values, intuition, and intention. Through real conversations about preconception planning, navigating maternity care, and the identity shift into motherhood, you’ll find grounded support, practical education, and empowering guidance for every step of the journey.
Postpartum depression is more than “just the baby blues.” In this episode of A Mother Is Born, birth mentor and doula Kayla Mackenzie shares her raw, personal journey through postpartum depression — from those first dark weeks after birth to finding hope and healing.
You’ll learn:
- How to recognize the difference between postpartum depression and the baby blues
- Common risk factors (history of depression, stressful life events, poor sleep, nutrient deficiencies, breastfeeding struggles, and more)
- How to recognize postpartum depression and tools professionals use to screen for it
- Treatment options, from therapy and SSRIs to lifestyle and nutritional supports
- The real risks of untreated depression versus the risks of medication while breastfeeding
Whether you’re a new mom, a birth worker, or someone supporting a loved one, this episode offers validation, practical tools, and hope. Postpartum depression is common — and it’s highly treatable.
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