it has to come from the mothers

[Guest guest]

This comment you made reminds me...when I was caring for a postpartum depressed

client once about 13 years ago, I asked her what she thought was the worst thing

that could go wrong. she said she feared that she was not the best mom for her

baby and that maybe she even shouldn't be a mom. I told her this baby came to

live with her, that he was on his right path so therefore she must be also. She

said in later years this statement helped her immensely. I didn't know much

about ppd then, having only been a doula for a couple of years, yet in her talks

she says I saved her life with my little comments and just being there and

understanding. She is now the depression advocate for mothers in Oregon, gives

talks everywhere, is a counselor who specializes in postpartum depression,

started www.babybluesconnection.com and is the regional coordinator for

Postpartum Support International. So when I say it has to come from the mothers,

I mean also that you never know how far our words can travel when we tell them

what we know, even if it isn't much.

Vicky

 

 

" .....that babies are teachers for the parents. I believe babies are

participants with the mother, spiritually, emotionally, and

mentally, and they choose their parents and their birth for their

lessons and contracts with the parents "

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

YES! Women supporting women leads to amazing things.

 

All of the four moms on my testimonies page are women now involved in

birth -- two of them as a result of experiencing the healing work.

 

Rise up women!! aaaaoooahaooooooo (My inner Wolf)

 

Janel

 

ayurveda , <VMYORK wrote:

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> This comment you made reminds me...when I was caring for a

postpartum depressed client once about 13 years ago, I asked her what

she thought was the worst thing that could go wrong. she said she

feared that she was not the best mom for her baby and that maybe she

even shouldn't be a mom. I told her this baby came to live with her