Posts tagged infant loss
COVID-19 is Making Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Worse
COVID-19 is Making Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Worse

Postpartum mental health issues are fueled not only by the hormonal turmoil that women experience but also by the emotional and practical challenges of keeping a vulnerable new human alive while operating on very, very little sleep. Having a baby during a pandemic is harder. Even if everyone in the family is healthy, it’s harder. Even if the family’s financial situation has not been damaged by layoffs, it’s harder. It takes all of the challenges of parenting a newborn — the nerves, the stress, the at-times profound loneliness — and amplifies them.

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Maternal Mental HealthLibby MarlerThe Counseling CollectiveCOVID-19, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, motherhood, mom life, infant loss, anxiety, anxiety disorder, anxiety treatment, prenatal depression, depression treatment Comment
Pregnancy After Baby Loss
Pregnancy After Baby Loss

We talk about why pregnancy after loss can be so incredibly difficult, the common emotions associated with pregnancy after loss, how grief and stress can affect a pregnancy and what steps we can take to deal with the grief and stress in a healthy way. If you have experienced the loss of a baby and are pregnant again, or would like to be pregnant again, this episode is a must listen. If you have ever asked the question, when is it the right time to try to get pregnant again, this episode is for you. And if you love someone who is pregnant after the loss of a baby this episode is an absolute must — it will help you understand what she is going through in a really significant way.

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Grief and LossLibby MarlerThe Counseling Collective grief, infant, infant loss, bereavement, motherhood, moving through grief Comment
Understanding Grief After the Death of a Baby
Understanding Grief After the Death of a Baby

Libby shares with us a general overview of what someone who has experienced the loss of a baby can expect in regards to grief. For many of us, the loss of our baby was the first time we have experienced a significant loss close to us, we are unfamiliar with the grieving process and we are trying to discern what’s normal, what isn’t, what is expected of us, when should we seek outside help -- basically all the things and in this episode Libby breaks it all down for us. She shares invaluable expertise regarding baby loss and grief, including helpful steps to take to process through your grief in a way that is not burdensome or weighty but instead, very freeing.

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Grief and LossLibby MarlerThe Counseling Collective grief, infant, infant loss, bereavement, motherhood, moving through grief Comment
Can Trauma Help You Grow?
Can Trauma Help You Grow?

How can we allow the trauma from our lives to transform us? Allowing us to become more compassionate and empathetic as people? Can we learn to create a way of living with trauma that allows us to bring new meaning to our lives?

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Grief and Loss, TraumaLibby MarlerThe Counseling Collectivetrauma, traumatic loss, grief, loss, bereavement, infant loss, child loss, loss of a loved one, grief journey, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, anxiety treatment, anxiety disorder, victim of trauma, post traumatic growth, pain, suffering, empathy, compassion, finding meaningComment