Addiction Series: LaToya Shields, The Cradles Project LaToya Shields, program manager of specialized services and programs at the Council on Recovery, discusses her work on The Cradles Project, a FREE community-based intervention program that targets pregnant and postpartum women and … Continue reading →
LaShonta Edwards, A Mother’s Sanctuary: Post-Partum It’s supposed to be the happiest of times, but for up to 10% of pregnant women and 15% of postpartum women, the joy is lost in a haze of depression and anxiety. Families often … Continue reading →
Tiffany Ross It affects 1 in 6 new mothers in Texas, is the source of much suffering for women and their families. And we do not talk about it enough. Postpartum Depression. What is it and what resources are available … Continue reading →
Sherry Duson, the founder and director of The Center For Postpartum Family Health, has been helping new mothers and their families since 1999. Her own experience as a mother led to her interest in addressing the unique needs of women … Continue reading →
Sherry Duson is a mental health professional who has worked with new mothers and their families since 1999. For over 10 years she led a weekly support group for pregnancy and postpartum depression and anxiety at Houston area maternity hospitals. A committed … Continue reading →
Sara Harkness is a mother of 2, a birth worker, an herb lover and flower essence practitioner and a Postpartum care worker. She teaches the Sacred Postpartum Mother roasting program. In her Sacred Postpartum trainings she teaches birth workers the art of traditional methods … Continue reading →
Stefanie Foster, physical therapist, yoga therapist, health coach and educator, discusses pelvic health before,during and after pregnancy. Stefanie Foster is a physical therapist, yoga therapist, health coach and educator. Her specialty is linking pelvic and women’s health with orthopedics or … Continue reading →
Sandra McDonald has been a homebirth midwife since 1986, and has attended over 1300 births. She attended Texas A & M University with a Biomedical Science major. She is a past president of the Greater Houston Midwives’ Alliance (formally Houston Organization for … Continue reading →
Mothers Support A group of 7 mothers who all had homebirths with a midwife more than 30 years ago and after they had their childbirth classes and birthed their babies they came together to support each other post-partem – they … Continue reading →
Speakers at the Houston Birth Fair Oct 5-7, 2012: Dr. Pauline Dillard on PTSD following cesearian and postpartum depression and Patrick Heuser on how fathers make a world of difference. … Continue reading →