sanfrancisco – Mindful Lactation & Postpartum Care Arts by Beth Rees, IBCLC CD

Cheers to 2013!

Happy New Year to you and your family from our family, the Rees-Adams!

May this year be filled with love, laughter, health, gratitude, & prosperity for all of us, in whatever shape or form it takes for us.

This year, I’ll be celebrating and living as a newly married lady which will be exciting and a new world for me. Also, Mindful Doula Arts and I will be offering more prenatal breastfeeding classes of “Breastfeeding for the Expectant Family” in 2013 than last year.

Soon I ‘ll be starting Elizabeth Davis’ “Heart & Hands” Midwifery Intensives class to deepen my knowledge of the art and science of midwifery.

Technologically speaking, I’ll now be accessible for Skype chats at beth.the.doula . Let me know if you’d like to set up a chat. Also you can find me on Facebook at Mindful Doula Arts and email me at Beth@mindfuldulaarts.org.

How are you? What’s new with you? I’d love to stay in touch and hear how you are. You know where to find me :).

Happy 2013 to us all!

Be well,

Beth

A free workshop at Natural Resources Sept 9th: Postpartum Depression and Moods with Dr. Katayune Kaeni

Everyone keeps telling us that the birth of your baby is a joyous and special time, and that it is. And our postpartum period (just like pregnancy) is a shifting, dynamic experience with our bodies and babies. Hormones shift and life changes over night (literally!). It’s a lot to process, and that’s saying it gently. Baby blues can often accompany our postpartum experience with up to 20% of new moms experiencing postpartum depression (PPD) and/or postpartum anxiety (PPA) (Kaeni May 2012). Mix the changes of life, hormones, new love affair, and heavy LACK of sleep is the perfect combination for intense feels – both good and bad. But how does a mom know what’s normal or what’s not in the emotional “swing” of things. How does one build support when baby blues is more than “normal” and how can a new mom prevent PPD/PPA?

Dr. Katayune Kaeni, licensed therapist and mom, will be offering a free workshop on Postpartum Depression and Moods, helping clarify the difference between “Baby blues” and Postpartum Depression. It’s:

Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012

11am-12pm

at Natural Resources (1367 Valencia St @ 25th)

For more info check out Natural Resources at http://store.naturalresources-sf.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=10690.

Also, below is a great article on this subject by Dr. Kaeni.

Baby blues vs Postpartum depression (PPD)? Why didn’t anyone tell me about this?

Enjoy!