Maternal Mental Health/
Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders
All moms experience challenges in motherhood.
Approximately 1 in 6 experience a Perinatal Mood or Anxiety Disorder (PMAD)
during pregnancy or following childbirth.
Motherhood can be beautiful, meaningful, and also really hard. If you're finding that what you're feeling goes beyond the typical adjustment — or if you're struggling more than you expected — you are not alone, and you are not failing.
PMADs are among the most common complications of pregnancy and postpartum, yet they are frequently misunderstood, underdiagnosed, or undertreated. Many moms suffer in silence, unsure if what they're experiencing is "normal" or wondering if something is truly wrong. The answer is: what you're feeling is real, it has a name, and it is treatable.
What Are PMADs?
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders is an umbrella term for a range of emotional and psychological challenges that can arise during pregnancy or in the year following childbirth. They include:
- Postpartum depression and prenatal depression
- Postpartum anxiety and prenatal anxiety
- Postpartum OCD
- Postpartum PTSD and birth trauma
- Postpartum rage
- Postpartum psychosis (less common but serious)
PMADs can affect anyone — regardless of age, background, birth experience, gender, or whether this is your first baby or your fourth.
You Might Be Experiencing a PMAD If You Feel:
- Persistently sad, empty, or hopeless
- Overwhelmed, irritable, or on edge
- Disconnected from your baby or yourself
- Consumed by worry or intrusive thoughts
- Like you're not bonding the way you expected
- Like you've lost yourself in parenthood
You Deserve Specialized Support
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C), I have advanced training in the unique emotional and psychological challenges of the perinatal period. My practice, Be Well Wellness, specializes in supporting parents through every stage — from fertility and pregnancy through postpartum and beyond.
Whether you need weekly therapy, a focused intensive, or simply a place to start, we can help you find the right fit and get you back to feeling like yourself.
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