Plancental abruption, bedrest, c-section, postpartum anxiety. Rachel tells her story of her rough pregnancy, traveling to Japan and being nauseous  the whole time - and her story of having a placental abruption. In her vivid retelling, Rachel tells us what it was like to wake up in a pool of blood, be rushed to the ambulance, and then be on bedrest the rest of the pregnancy. Join us as Rachel tells her matrescecne story, and shares how having a solid identity was really important to her before she started having kids. As a photographer, she got her business running and then decided she was ready to have a kid.

In this episode we also talk about the risk factors for postpartum depression. Here are the surprising risk factors for postpartum depression in moms:

Bisexual women paired with men are also at a higher risk for having postpartum depression. You can read more about postpartum depression risk factors here: https://www.postpartumspecialist.net/post/postpartum-depression-how-to-know-if-you-re-at-risk

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