Tag: Self-identity

Hire a postpartum doula to help in the fourth trimester

Post author By Kathy Morelli
Post date September 11, 2018

Hire a postpartum doula to help in the fourth trimester

What is a postpartum doula? A postpartum doula is a woman hired to “mother the mother” after childbirth. Sometimes postpartum doulas say they are “grandmothers for hire!” Usually a postpartum doula is an experienced mother herself, so she knows what type of help is needed during the babymoon. The postpartum doula fills multiple roles in emotional support, babycare, and helps with light household chores. But, a postpartum doula doesn’t provide medical advice or assistance.

Tags doula, Fourth Trimester, mama care, mothering the mother, postpartum, postpartum doula, self-care, self-help, Self-identity, woman to woman support

BirthTouch®

Part Three: Postpartum: How women’s brain biology, hormones and mood relate!

Post author By Kathy Morelli
Post date April 10, 2014
1 Comment on Part Three: Postpartum: How women’s brain biology, hormones and mood relate!

In Part One, we looked at the hormonal-neurotransmitter feedback loops in a woman’s body and how they relate to mood during the menstrual cycle.

(the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Cortex Loop and the Ovarian-Hypothalamus-Pituitary Loop)

In Part Two, we looked at a woman’s hidden hormonal shifts during pregnancy and birth. Today, we look at the hidden postpartum hormonal shifts.

Tags Do It YourSelf-care, Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Cortex, maternal mental health, Ovarian-Hypothalamus-Pituitary, self-care, Self-identity

Book Review

Book Review: The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse by Jane Rowan

Post author By Kathy Morelli
Post date July 9, 2013
2 Comments on Book Review: The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse by Jane Rowan

Many people in my psychotherapy practice struggle with coming to terms with childhood sexual abuse. Flashes of their silent past and the effects of the splitting of the self in order to survive, intrude on their present day life, so they come for support. I’m humbled to witness their heroic, creative work through their inner labyrinth of pain and love gradually towards integration and wholeness.