Listen in on the honest, real and relatable struggles of motherhood, packed with tips for finding support and experiencing more joy with Dr. Mona Amin. She opens up about her birth trauma, postpartum complications, anxiety and depression and how to navigate the ups and downs of parenting with resiliency.

Dr. Mona is a board certified pediatrician, IBCLC, mom of 2 and creator of the PedsDocTalk platform and podcast. She is the go to resource for the intersection of motherhood, mental health, kids health and parenting. In this episode, Dr. Mona challenges the culture of motherhood “martyrdom” and shares actionable steps for reducing mental load and overwhelm.

We discuss:

• Mona’s 3 life-changing strategies for managing mental load and overwhelm in motherhood to find more joy

• Putting together your support team to prioritize mental and physical health

• How to effectively communicate with your partner to express your needs

• Tips for navigating judgement and mom-shaming on polarizing topics like infant sleep, feeding and vaccinations

• The truth about percentiles and how to avoid percentile anxiety and future issues around food and body image

• Mona’s traumatic births, postpartum complications, hospital stay, NICU stay and health issues with her first baby

• Her intuition that something was wrong and discovering scar tissue in her uterus and a fluid blockage (hydrosalpinx) of her fallopian tube

• Going through IVF to conceive her second baby after having her fallopian tube removed

• Mona’s subsequent postpartum complications and being diagnosed with the rare condition Vernix Caseosa Peritonitis

• Her experience with postpartum anxiety and depression and how to identify when you need help from a professional

• Mona’s insight and advice on processing birth and postpartum, trauma even if its years down the road

If you’re working on prioritizing your needs and long for getting support with the mental load of motherhood, this episode is for you!

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