Postpartum Care and How to Get Your Mental Health Needs Met, With Arianna Taboada

Navigating Postpartum Care Can Be Tricky… In this episode of Learn With Less, Ayelet sat down with Arianna Taboada, a maternal health consultant for businesses and entrepreneurs. Arianna holds a Masters of Social Work and Master of Science in Maternal & Child Health, and was introduced to the maternal health field as a public health professional working with new mothers in some of the most vulnerable situations women can find themselves in: living in poverty, leaving abusive spouses, navigating a new country and language — all while they experienced pregnancy, postpartum, and tried to make sense of the resources available to them. We discussed: * The status of postpartum care (and how the US falls short of international standards)* Maternity leave as a human rights and economic equity imperative* Arianna’s best tips on what you can do to ensure you have access to the postpartum support you need (both clinical and psychosocial support)* A little known way you can leverage your baby’s pediatric visits to get YOUR mental health needs met* Arianna’s favorite resources to share with expecting and new parents Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Paid Leave for the United States (PLUS) Postpartum Planning Workbook from Arianna Taboada New Mom Mental Health Checklist from Postpartum Progress Postpartum Support International Learn With Less Podcast episode: Perinatal Mood Changes & Postpartum Mood Disorders, with Dr. Katayune Kaeni Connect With Us: Ayelet: Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest Arianna: Website / Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn Text Transcript of the Episode: Ayelet: So today I am speaking with Arianna Taboada, a maternal health consultant for businesses and entrepreneurs. Arianna holds a Master’s of Social Work and Master’s of Science in maternal and child health,