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With Dr. Jana Rundle · Clinical Psychologist
You want this baby. You just can't picture surviving the birth. Tokophobia is a severe, persistent fear of childbirth that shapes decisions, and it responds to treatment. Here's how it differs from ordinary worry, what drives it, and what actually helps before your due date.
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Everyone else has moved on and you're crying in the parking garage. Depression and anxiety after miscarriage are real: a hormonal drop like the one after birth, plus grief for a baby no one else met. Here's why it's under-recognized, what it can look like, and where to get support.
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You love your baby and you don't recognize yourself. There's a word for that, and it isn't a diagnosis. What matrescence is, why it's compared to adolescence, how to tell it apart from postpartum depression, and what helps.
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A hollow, homesick dread that hits as your milk lets down and is gone two minutes later. It has a name: dysphoric milk ejection reflex. What D-MER is, how it differs from postpartum depression and breastfeeding aversion, what's known about why it happens, and what helps.
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When plans with friends feel like too much after a baby, shrink them instead of canceling. Dr. Jana Rundle, quoted in TIME, on come-as-you-are hangouts and letting go of the perfect house.
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Never been to therapy? Here is what actually happens, from the free consultation through the end of the first session, and the worries almost everyone has.
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He does a lot. She’s still carrying it. Both are true, and the research on cognitive labor explains why. A guide for partners.
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