From knowledge of PMADs to hiring a doula, here are a few things I'd do differently to better support myself if I had a second baby.

If there is anything you can take away from my story, it’s to educate yourself on postpartum mental health. Know the signs and symptoms

My message to you is, and will always be, to educate yourself on ante-natal mental health disorders. Know the signs and symptoms.

What my neighbor doesn’t know is that I ask myself that same question every day, multiple times a day.

Only a few people truly know about my experience with my son in the NICU. At the time, I wasn’t able to really talk about it.

I'm sharing my birth story in hopes that my experience will help others, especially those with premature babies, traumas, or PMADs.