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With Secure Checkout (100% Secure payment with SSL Encryption), Return & Warranty (If you’re not 100% satisfied, let us know and we’ll make it right.), Worldwide shipping available, Buy 2 or more to save shipping. Last Day To – BUY IT or LOSE IT FOREVER. Only available for a LIMITED TIME – NOT FOUND IN STORES! Click here to buy this shirt: https://thorshirts.com/product/funny-blippis-aswesome-idea-t-shirt/ Over the course of her pregnancy with her two sons, editor and designer Celia Lee Roach found her journey into motherhood to be radically transformative. It was a time that helped her gain greater personal autonomy by learning to “self doula,” and inspired powerful, life-altering introspection. “I was able to turn off the outside world for a bit and focus all of my attention inward, unapologetically,” explains Roach. “It was this spiritual, out-of-body experience, while still feeling every bit of sensitivity to this sort of physical metamorphosis taking place.”Roach took inventory of all the tools she used during labor, delivery, and postpartum—from breathing exercises and affirmations to finding the courage to speak up and ask for her physical self-care needs—and thought deeply about she could share them with other women. “I certainly am not the first person to experience this, but with all of the women that had given birth around me, I had wondered why everything surrounding this life-changing experience was not being discussed,” she explains. “I wanted to get the conversation-thread started, so to speak.” So Roach, who has dedicated her career to empowering women as a fashion and beauty editor and through her home and accessories line supporting Kenyan craftswomen, needle+thræd, trained to become a birth and postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor. After learning how to support, educate, and coach a mother-to-be throughout her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey, she wanted to amplify her resources and ultimately, innovate and give back to the space. Enter: The launch of Thræd, a new maternity wellness platform providing virtual doula support for mothers at all stages. “It’s the work I am most proud and passionate about, both personally and professionally, and a natural evolution of where I stand as a woman and mother today,” says Roach of her new endeavor, which offers virtual full spectrum doula support throughout the entire reproductive journey and certified lactation counseling because, as Roach puts it, “breastfeeding is a journey all its own.”Stoking dialogue and cultivating community is foundational to Thræd’s mission. “Normalizing casual and relevant conversation and education about our bodies is an ongoing issue,” says Roach of the lack of information and awareness that pregnant women and mothers face. “Having conversations that don’t feel archaic and out of touch, but instead real and approachable is important. Naturally, I lean into my experience of working at magazines and being able to talk to and genuinely connect with an audience of women.” Needless to say, the timing is right. While the maternal health crisis in the U.S. has been ongoing, the global pandemic has only emphasized the cracks in the healthcare system for expectant mothers. “The lack of awareness and importance around doula support improving health outcomes for both mother and child is an ongoing issue, but one that has been slowly gaining more visibility, especially in the wake of the pandemic when there was a need for all birth workers to have hands on deck.” Lockdown also precipitated innovations in accessibility, particularly for expectant mothers with limited family support. “Virtual and electronic communication has allowed for a sort of open door policy for the new moms I serve, to be available to talk through things as they arise and be of service to multiple parents at a given time, while allowing myself the flexibility and time to be a new mom,” explains Roach. In addition to personalized support, she’s also created a pregnancy prep guidebook that takes mothers-to-be through the basics, from best practices for care during pregnancy to the “topics that kind of get overshadowed by baby registry stuff,” such as what questions to ask your health insurance.While motherhood is an age-old experience, the fact is that it’s one plagued by many modern challenges; ones that are only exacerbated for pregnant women and new mothers without support systems. “As women, our bodies and babies know exactly what to do, how to do it and the precise time at which to do it, and right now external factors are a material disruptor to that natural rhythm of procreation,” explains Roach. “As a Black woman, coming from and creating a lineage, this is very personal.” According to the CDC, Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, and while there’s more awareness of the maternal health crisis and its disproportionate impact on Black women and other women of color, there’s a long way to go. As part of Roach’s work to put mother’s health and well-being back at the center of care, she’s also providing informational workshops and brand partnerships that raise visibility surrounding specific maternal health concerns. This work includes joining forces with the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, a collective of doulas she’s a part of that offers free doula support among other resources to underserved communities, predominantly women of color, and collaborating on a workshop series with Diaspora Community Services’ Mothers Gaining Hope House in Brooklyn, which offers housing and support services to pregnant and parenting teenagers, walking young mothers through the basics of preparing for their motherhood journey. “I believe that I have a responsibility to share what I have learned and what I know with my community,” explains Roach. “Every bit of information and support will literally change someone’s life and generations following.”When Roach envisions the future for Thræd, it’s a growing and thriving community of mothers and families that have been uplifted by the maternal health education and individualized support it offers. “We are the life source and our babies depend on us,” says Roach. “If we aren’t thriving or being supported mentally, physically and spiritually, how could we be expected to care for anyone else?” There are various ways to manage perinatal depression. “Identifying that there is a problem is the first thing,” says HH Sayyida Basma Al Said, Omani royal, mental health consultant, psychotherapist and mother of four. “Acting upon it is next—you just have to filter what works for you.”One way is taking preventative action. Abbie Mitchell, the author behind Abbie’s Mind and U.K.-based maternal mental health advocate, says that recognizing symptoms and early intervention prevented her from having perinatal depression. “When I was pregnant, I had a consultation with my midwife and we decided it might be best with my history [of clinical depression] that as a preventative measure, I signed up with the perinatal mental health team. We both believed that early intervention, if I were to suffer with perinatal illness, would be best.”According to Borsato, there was no simple ingredient that could resolve her perinatal anxiety. Instead, she puts it down to “my willingness to accept support, learning to be self-compassionate, and finding ways to finally care for myself. Meeting with a mental health professional was also paramount in my recovery.”Schwartz had a similar experience: “I accepted help from families, friends, and a part-time nanny that we were able to hire,” she says. “Finding a supportive group of mum friends was also helpful. These women never judged, but rather supported and cheered for me the whole time I was fighting the depression.”Elsewhere, India-based yoga teacher Nidhi Khurana, who experienced perinatal depression at the same time as contracting COVID-19, turned to journalling and meditation as a way of managing her fears and emotions. “I practiced deep breathing exercises while trying my best to only think positively about the whole situation—just by opening up, [I] brought a huge change in my mental state.”While conversations about mental health have finally entered the mainstream, maternal health is still being somewhat overlooked. Quite simply, we need to talk about it more, whether that’s to friends, partners, family members, support groups such as Postpartum Support International, communities such as Weaver’s Mama Matters or Schwartz’s Motherhood Understood, therapists, midwives and other medical professionals. It’s important to realize that you are not alone, and help is available.If you think that you are experiencing a maternal mental health issue, contact one of the groups mentioned above or your doctor. Your GP can recommend you to a therapist or counselor. I opened up my mail not long after that appointment, and I found a referral from his office—not to a nutritionist, to a bariatric surgeon. I was at first confused; I had to google what that meant, but “surgeon” is invasive, right? Well, it turns out the whole referral was invasive. I’m 25 and healthy despite this disorder. We hadn’t done any tests. This neurologist had never seen me or weighed me in person. I don’t know my BMI. While I might qualify for one, that is not what I asked for.If this sounds familiar, you, unfortunately, might have experienced something similar. It seems all too common. In season three of Shrill, Aidy Bryant’s Annie is rightfully angry when her stand-in gynecologist suggests bariatric surgery because she’s in a good age range for it and overweight. After cursing out the doctor in the parking lot (the doctor has her headphones in), Annie writes a piece about it—yes, I know how this looks. Her character sufficiently developed at this point that the experience does not derail her too much. But for me, it was profoundly traumatizing, and I’m not alone: A couple of viral TikToks showed just how acutely poignant the scene was.I had worked so damn hard to love how I looked. I had worked so hard to cultivate a sense of style. I had no desire to change my body prior to all this; I had worked to love it wholly for how it was. And in a matter of minutes, with the slicing open of an envelope, it truly all crumbled.Now, bariatric surgery is a very valid surgery for many people. Dr. H. Joseph Naim, MD, a bariatric surgeon located in Culver City, CA, noted a number of criteria for possible bariatric surgery: obesity with a BMI of over 40 (which is about 100 lbs overweight); or a BMI between 35-40 (about 70 lbs overweight) combined with other “obesity-related conditions like diabetes, hypertension or obstructive sleep apnea.” Patients should meet with a dietitian and a psychologist before any procedure to ensure they don’t have any condition that might hinder recovery. Dr. Glenn Forrester, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow, NY, said over the phone that conditions such as eating disorders or specific learning disabilities would stop a surgery from going forward.Forrester notes that referrals like what Annie had in Shrill or what I experienced—or even just referrals to bariatric surgery in general—can be a “touchy” subject. But he notes that “It’s not a first-line choice for the majority of people.” He makes sure to ask on his intake form about previous attempts at weight loss. “There is a time and a place to have that discussion,” he says. “I think it should come up in the primary care doctor’s office or even the specialist office when someone has a disease that’s getting out of control.”With my referral—and with Annie’s—the surgery was offered as a first option. And now this strikes me, to quote Annie as she yells to her stand-in gyno in the parking lot once she’s exited the office as “fuckin’ fucked up.”I didn’t get that yelling moment for myself. Nor do I want it (yet), though power to anyone who takes it. But what I do want is that sense of self-worth back. I was the girl who wore sweatshirts in the summer. Who held a couch pillow to hide my stomach in middle school. Who couldn’t fit into friends’ swimsuits or shorts during playdates, stuck in whatever not-fit-for-the-right-activity clothing I was wearing. And I buried that monster, remember?When I was a kid, I would lie awake at night, fantasizing what it would be like if I didn’t have that little bit of baby fat on me, what it would feel like. My mental state suddenly became the worst it’d been, on top of the fact that we were in a pandemic. It’s tough to think about December sometimes, honestly. I never spoke to that neurologist again. I found a new one who validated my experience while also apologizing for what I went through, particularly after the lumbar puncture. But I still find myself now and then thinking I overreacted. It was isolating. But seeing Shrill tackle this issue was powerful and comforting; and the TikTok response was validating. The medical stigma around obesity is real. It can completely and utterly shatter people. I am one of those people. I feel lucky I was able to put back together the pieces. Product detail: Suitable for Women/Men/Girl/Boy, Fashion 3D digital print drawstring hoodies, long sleeve with big pocket front. It’s a good gift for birthday/Christmas and so on, The real color of the item may be slightly different from the pictures shown on website caused by many factors such as brightness of your monitor and light brightness, The print on the item might be slightly different from pictures for different batch productions, There may be 1-2 cm deviation in different sizes, locations, and stretch of fabrics. Size chart is for reference only, there may be a little difference with what you get. Material Type: 35% Cotton – 65% Polyester Soft material feels great on your skin and very light Features pronounced sleeve cuffs, prominent waistband hem and kangaroo pocket fringes Taped neck and shoulders for comfort and style Print: Dye-sublimation printing, colors won’t fade or peel Wash Care: Recommendation Wash it by hand in below 30-degree water, hang to dry in shade, prohibit bleaching, Low Iron if Necessary https://thorshirts.com This product belong to hung1 Unapologetically Black 1 Tshirts Black With Secure Checkout (100% Secure payment with SSL Encryption), Return & Warranty (If you’re not 100% satisfied, let us know and we’ll make it right.), Worldwide shipping available, Buy 2 or more to save shipping. Last Day To – BUY IT or LOSE IT FOREVER. Only available for a LIMITED TIME – NOT FOUND IN STORES! Click here to buy this shirt: https://thorshirts.com/product/funny-blippis-aswesome-idea-t-shirt/ Over the course of her pregnancy with her two sons, editor and designer Celia Lee Roach found her journey into motherhood to be radically transformative. It was a time that helped her gain greater personal autonomy by learning to “self doula,” and inspired powerful, life-altering introspection. “I was able to turn off the outside world for a bit and focus all of my attention inward, unapologetically,” explains Roach. “It was this spiritual, out-of-body experience, while still feeling every bit of sensitivity to this sort of physical metamorphosis taking place.”Roach took inventory of all the tools she used during labor, delivery, and postpartum—from breathing exercises and affirmations to finding the courage to speak up and ask for her physical self-care needs—and thought deeply about she could share them with other women. “I certainly am not the first person to experience this, but with all of the women that had given birth around me, I had wondered why everything surrounding this life-changing experience was not being discussed,” she explains. “I wanted to get the conversation-thread started, so to speak.” So Roach, who has dedicated her career to empowering women as a fashion and beauty editor and through her home and accessories line supporting Kenyan craftswomen, needle+thræd, trained to become a birth and postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor. After learning how to support, educate, and coach a mother-to-be throughout her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey, she wanted to amplify her resources and ultimately, innovate and give back to the space. Enter: The launch of Thræd, a new maternity wellness platform providing virtual doula support for mothers at all stages. “It’s the work I am most proud and passionate about, both personally and professionally, and a natural evolution of where I stand as a woman and mother today,” says Roach of her new endeavor, which offers virtual full spectrum doula support throughout the entire reproductive journey and certified lactation counseling because, as Roach puts it, “breastfeeding is a journey all its own.”Stoking dialogue and cultivating community is foundational to Thræd’s mission. “Normalizing casual and relevant conversation and education about our bodies is an ongoing issue,” says Roach of the lack of information and awareness that pregnant women and mothers face. “Having conversations that don’t feel archaic and out of touch, but instead real and approachable is important. Naturally, I lean into my experience of working at magazines and being able to talk to and genuinely connect with an audience of women.” Needless to say, the timing is right. While the maternal health crisis in the U.S. has been ongoing, the global pandemic has only emphasized the cracks in the healthcare system for expectant mothers. “The lack of awareness and importance around doula support improving health outcomes for both mother and child is an ongoing issue, but one that has been slowly gaining more visibility, especially in the wake of the pandemic when there was a need for all birth workers to have hands on deck.” Lockdown also precipitated innovations in accessibility, particularly for expectant mothers with limited family support. “Virtual and electronic communication has allowed for a sort of open door policy for the new moms I serve, to be available to talk through things as they arise and be of service to multiple parents at a given time, while allowing myself the flexibility and time to be a new mom,” explains Roach. In addition to personalized support, she’s also created a pregnancy prep guidebook that takes mothers-to-be through the basics, from best practices for care during pregnancy to the “topics that kind of get overshadowed by baby registry stuff,” such as what questions to ask your health insurance.While motherhood is an age-old experience, the fact is that it’s one plagued by many modern challenges; ones that are only exacerbated for pregnant women and new mothers without support systems. “As women, our bodies and babies know exactly what to do, how to do it and the precise time at which to do it, and right now external factors are a material disruptor to that natural rhythm of procreation,” explains Roach. “As a Black woman, coming from and creating a lineage, this is very personal.” According to the CDC, Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, and while there’s more awareness of the maternal health crisis and its disproportionate impact on Black women and other women of color, there’s a long way to go. As part of Roach’s work to put mother’s health and well-being back at the center of care, she’s also providing informational workshops and brand partnerships that raise visibility surrounding specific maternal health concerns. This work includes joining forces with the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, a collective of doulas she’s a part of that offers free doula support among other resources to underserved communities, predominantly women of color, and collaborating on a workshop series with Diaspora Community Services’ Mothers Gaining Hope House in Brooklyn, which offers housing and support services to pregnant and parenting teenagers, walking young mothers through the basics of preparing for their motherhood journey. “I believe that I have a responsibility to share what I have learned and what I know with my community,” explains Roach. “Every bit of information and support will literally change someone’s life and generations following.”When Roach envisions the future for Thræd, it’s a growing and thriving community of mothers and families that have been uplifted by the maternal health education and individualized support it offers. “We are the life source and our babies depend on us,” says Roach. “If we aren’t thriving or being supported mentally, physically and spiritually, how could we be expected to care for anyone else?” There are various ways to manage perinatal depression. “Identifying that there is a problem is the first thing,” says HH Sayyida Basma Al Said, Omani royal, mental health consultant, psychotherapist and mother of four. “Acting upon it is next—you just have to filter what works for you.”One way is taking preventative action. Abbie Mitchell, the author behind Abbie’s Mind and U.K.-based maternal mental health advocate, says that recognizing symptoms and early intervention prevented her from having perinatal depression. “When I was pregnant, I had a consultation with my midwife and we decided it might be best with my history [of clinical depression] that as a preventative measure, I signed up with the perinatal mental health team. We both believed that early intervention, if I were to suffer with perinatal illness, would be best.”According to Borsato, there was no simple ingredient that could resolve her perinatal anxiety. Instead, she puts it down to “my willingness to accept support, learning to be self-compassionate, and finding ways to finally care for myself. Meeting with a mental health professional was also paramount in my recovery.”Schwartz had a similar experience: “I accepted help from families, friends, and a part-time nanny that we were able to hire,” she says. “Finding a supportive group of mum friends was also helpful. These women never judged, but rather supported and cheered for me the whole time I was fighting the depression.”Elsewhere, India-based yoga teacher Nidhi Khurana, who experienced perinatal depression at the same time as contracting COVID-19, turned to journalling and meditation as a way of managing her fears and emotions. “I practiced deep breathing exercises while trying my best to only think positively about the whole situation—just by opening up, [I] brought a huge change in my mental state.”While conversations about mental health have finally entered the mainstream, maternal health is still being somewhat overlooked. Quite simply, we need to talk about it more, whether that’s to friends, partners, family members, support groups such as Postpartum Support International, communities such as Weaver’s Mama Matters or Schwartz’s Motherhood Understood, therapists, midwives and other medical professionals. It’s important to realize that you are not alone, and help is available.If you think that you are experiencing a maternal mental health issue, contact one of the groups mentioned above or your doctor. Your GP can recommend you to a therapist or counselor. I opened up my mail not long after that appointment, and I found a referral from his office—not to a nutritionist, to a bariatric surgeon. I was at first confused; I had to google what that meant, but “surgeon” is invasive, right? Well, it turns out the whole referral was invasive. I’m 25 and healthy despite this disorder. We hadn’t done any tests. This neurologist had never seen me or weighed me in person. I don’t know my BMI. While I might qualify for one, that is not what I asked for.If this sounds familiar, you, unfortunately, might have experienced something similar. It seems all too common. In season three of Shrill, Aidy Bryant’s Annie is rightfully angry when her stand-in gynecologist suggests bariatric surgery because she’s in a good age range for it and overweight. After cursing out the doctor in the parking lot (the doctor has her headphones in), Annie writes a piece about it—yes, I know how this looks. Her character sufficiently developed at this point that the experience does not derail her too much. But for me, it was profoundly traumatizing, and I’m not alone: A couple of viral TikToks showed just how acutely poignant the scene was.I had worked so damn hard to love how I looked. I had worked so hard to cultivate a sense of style. I had no desire to change my body prior to all this; I had worked to love it wholly for how it was. And in a matter of minutes, with the slicing open of an envelope, it truly all crumbled.Now, bariatric surgery is a very valid surgery for many people. Dr. H. Joseph Naim, MD, a bariatric surgeon located in Culver City, CA, noted a number of criteria for possible bariatric surgery: obesity with a BMI of over 40 (which is about 100 lbs overweight); or a BMI between 35-40 (about 70 lbs overweight) combined with other “obesity-related conditions like diabetes, hypertension or obstructive sleep apnea.” Patients should meet with a dietitian and a psychologist before any procedure to ensure they don’t have any condition that might hinder recovery. Dr. Glenn Forrester, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow, NY, said over the phone that conditions such as eating disorders or specific learning disabilities would stop a surgery from going forward.Forrester notes that referrals like what Annie had in Shrill or what I experienced—or even just referrals to bariatric surgery in general—can be a “touchy” subject. But he notes that “It’s not a first-line choice for the majority of people.” He makes sure to ask on his intake form about previous attempts at weight loss. “There is a time and a place to have that discussion,” he says. “I think it should come up in the primary care doctor’s office or even the specialist office when someone has a disease that’s getting out of control.”With my referral—and with Annie’s—the surgery was offered as a first option. And now this strikes me, to quote Annie as she yells to her stand-in gyno in the parking lot once she’s exited the office as “fuckin’ fucked up.”I didn’t get that yelling moment for myself. Nor do I want it (yet), though power to anyone who takes it. But what I do want is that sense of self-worth back. I was the girl who wore sweatshirts in the summer. Who held a couch pillow to hide my stomach in middle school. Who couldn’t fit into friends’ swimsuits or shorts during playdates, stuck in whatever not-fit-for-the-right-activity clothing I was wearing. And I buried that monster, remember?When I was a kid, I would lie awake at night, fantasizing what it would be like if I didn’t have that little bit of baby fat on me, what it would feel like. My mental state suddenly became the worst it’d been, on top of the fact that we were in a pandemic. It’s tough to think about December sometimes, honestly. I never spoke to that neurologist again. I found a new one who validated my experience while also apologizing for what I went through, particularly after the lumbar puncture. But I still find myself now and then thinking I overreacted. It was isolating. But seeing Shrill tackle this issue was powerful and comforting; and the TikTok response was validating. The medical stigma around obesity is real. It can completely and utterly shatter people. I am one of those people. I feel lucky I was able to put back together the pieces. Product detail: Suitable for Women/Men/Girl/Boy, Fashion 3D digital print drawstring hoodies, long sleeve with big pocket front. It’s a good gift for birthday/Christmas and so on, The real color of the item may be slightly different from the pictures shown on website caused by many factors such as brightness of your monitor and light brightness, The print on the item might be slightly different from pictures for different batch productions, There may be 1-2 cm deviation in different sizes, locations, and stretch of fabrics. Size chart is for reference only, there may be a little difference with what you get. Material Type: 35% Cotton – 65% Polyester Soft material feels great on your skin and very light Features pronounced sleeve cuffs, prominent waistband hem and kangaroo pocket fringes Taped neck and shoulders for comfort and style Print: Dye-sublimation printing, colors won’t fade or peel Wash Care: Recommendation Wash it by hand in below 30-degree water, hang to dry in shade, prohibit bleaching, Low Iron if Necessary https://thorshirts.com This product belong to hung1
With Secure Checkout (100% Secure payment with SSL Encryption), Return & Warranty (If you’re not 100% satisfied, let us know and we’ll make it right.), Worldwide shipping available, Buy 2 or more to save shipping. Last Day To – BUY IT or LOSE IT FOREVER. Only available for a LIMITED TIME – NOT FOUND IN STORES! Click here to buy this shirt: https://thorshirts.com/product/funny-blippis-aswesome-idea-t-shirt/ Over the course of her pregnancy with her two sons, editor and designer Celia Lee Roach found her journey into motherhood to be radically transformative. It was a time that helped her gain greater personal autonomy by learning to “self doula,” and inspired powerful, life-altering introspection. “I was able to turn off the outside world for a bit and focus all of my attention inward, unapologetically,” explains Roach. “It was this spiritual, out-of-body experience, while still feeling every bit of sensitivity to this sort of physical metamorphosis taking place.”Roach took inventory of all the tools she used during labor, delivery, and postpartum—from breathing exercises and affirmations to finding the courage to speak up and ask for her physical self-care needs—and thought deeply about she could share them with other women. “I certainly am not the first person to experience this, but with all of the women that had given birth around me, I had wondered why everything surrounding this life-changing experience was not being discussed,” she explains. “I wanted to get the conversation-thread started, so to speak.” So Roach, who has dedicated her career to empowering women as a fashion and beauty editor and through her home and accessories line supporting Kenyan craftswomen, needle+thræd, trained to become a birth and postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor. After learning how to support, educate, and coach a mother-to-be throughout her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey, she wanted to amplify her resources and ultimately, innovate and give back to the space. Enter: The launch of Thræd, a new maternity wellness platform providing virtual doula support for mothers at all stages. “It’s the work I am most proud and passionate about, both personally and professionally, and a natural evolution of where I stand as a woman and mother today,” says Roach of her new endeavor, which offers virtual full spectrum doula support throughout the entire reproductive journey and certified lactation counseling because, as Roach puts it, “breastfeeding is a journey all its own.”Stoking dialogue and cultivating community is foundational to Thræd’s mission. “Normalizing casual and relevant conversation and education about our bodies is an ongoing issue,” says Roach of the lack of information and awareness that pregnant women and mothers face. “Having conversations that don’t feel archaic and out of touch, but instead real and approachable is important. Naturally, I lean into my experience of working at magazines and being able to talk to and genuinely connect with an audience of women.” Needless to say, the timing is right. While the maternal health crisis in the U.S. has been ongoing, the global pandemic has only emphasized the cracks in the healthcare system for expectant mothers. “The lack of awareness and importance around doula support improving health outcomes for both mother and child is an ongoing issue, but one that has been slowly gaining more visibility, especially in the wake of the pandemic when there was a need for all birth workers to have hands on deck.” Lockdown also precipitated innovations in accessibility, particularly for expectant mothers with limited family support. “Virtual and electronic communication has allowed for a sort of open door policy for the new moms I serve, to be available to talk through things as they arise and be of service to multiple parents at a given time, while allowing myself the flexibility and time to be a new mom,” explains Roach. In addition to personalized support, she’s also created a pregnancy prep guidebook that takes mothers-to-be through the basics, from best practices for care during pregnancy to the “topics that kind of get overshadowed by baby registry stuff,” such as what questions to ask your health insurance.While motherhood is an age-old experience, the fact is that it’s one plagued by many modern challenges; ones that are only exacerbated for pregnant women and new mothers without support systems. “As women, our bodies and babies know exactly what to do, how to do it and the precise time at which to do it, and right now external factors are a material disruptor to that natural rhythm of procreation,” explains Roach. “As a Black woman, coming from and creating a lineage, this is very personal.” According to the CDC, Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, and while there’s more awareness of the maternal health crisis and its disproportionate impact on Black women and other women of color, there’s a long way to go. As part of Roach’s work to put mother’s health and well-being back at the center of care, she’s also providing informational workshops and brand partnerships that raise visibility surrounding specific maternal health concerns. This work includes joining forces with the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, a collective of doulas she’s a part of that offers free doula support among other resources to underserved communities, predominantly women of color, and collaborating on a workshop series with Diaspora Community Services’ Mothers Gaining Hope House in Brooklyn, which offers housing and support services to pregnant and parenting teenagers, walking young mothers through the basics of preparing for their motherhood journey. “I believe that I have a responsibility to share what I have learned and what I know with my community,” explains Roach. “Every bit of information and support will literally change someone’s life and generations following.”When Roach envisions the future for Thræd, it’s a growing and thriving community of mothers and families that have been uplifted by the maternal health education and individualized support it offers. “We are the life source and our babies depend on us,” says Roach. “If we aren’t thriving or being supported mentally, physically and spiritually, how could we be expected to care for anyone else?” There are various ways to manage perinatal depression. “Identifying that there is a problem is the first thing,” says HH Sayyida Basma Al Said, Omani royal, mental health consultant, psychotherapist and mother of four. “Acting upon it is next—you just have to filter what works for you.”One way is taking preventative action. Abbie Mitchell, the author behind Abbie’s Mind and U.K.-based maternal mental health advocate, says that recognizing symptoms and early intervention prevented her from having perinatal depression. “When I was pregnant, I had a consultation with my midwife and we decided it might be best with my history [of clinical depression] that as a preventative measure, I signed up with the perinatal mental health team. We both believed that early intervention, if I were to suffer with perinatal illness, would be best.”According to Borsato, there was no simple ingredient that could resolve her perinatal anxiety. Instead, she puts it down to “my willingness to accept support, learning to be self-compassionate, and finding ways to finally care for myself. Meeting with a mental health professional was also paramount in my recovery.”Schwartz had a similar experience: “I accepted help from families, friends, and a part-time nanny that we were able to hire,” she says. “Finding a supportive group of mum friends was also helpful. These women never judged, but rather supported and cheered for me the whole time I was fighting the depression.”Elsewhere, India-based yoga teacher Nidhi Khurana, who experienced perinatal depression at the same time as contracting COVID-19, turned to journalling and meditation as a way of managing her fears and emotions. “I practiced deep breathing exercises while trying my best to only think positively about the whole situation—just by opening up, [I] brought a huge change in my mental state.”While conversations about mental health have finally entered the mainstream, maternal health is still being somewhat overlooked. Quite simply, we need to talk about it more, whether that’s to friends, partners, family members, support groups such as Postpartum Support International, communities such as Weaver’s Mama Matters or Schwartz’s Motherhood Understood, therapists, midwives and other medical professionals. It’s important to realize that you are not alone, and help is available.If you think that you are experiencing a maternal mental health issue, contact one of the groups mentioned above or your doctor. Your GP can recommend you to a therapist or counselor. I opened up my mail not long after that appointment, and I found a referral from his office—not to a nutritionist, to a bariatric surgeon. I was at first confused; I had to google what that meant, but “surgeon” is invasive, right? Well, it turns out the whole referral was invasive. I’m 25 and healthy despite this disorder. We hadn’t done any tests. This neurologist had never seen me or weighed me in person. I don’t know my BMI. While I might qualify for one, that is not what I asked for.If this sounds familiar, you, unfortunately, might have experienced something similar. It seems all too common. In season three of Shrill, Aidy Bryant’s Annie is rightfully angry when her stand-in gynecologist suggests bariatric surgery because she’s in a good age range for it and overweight. After cursing out the doctor in the parking lot (the doctor has her headphones in), Annie writes a piece about it—yes, I know how this looks. Her character sufficiently developed at this point that the experience does not derail her too much. But for me, it was profoundly traumatizing, and I’m not alone: A couple of viral TikToks showed just how acutely poignant the scene was.I had worked so damn hard to love how I looked. I had worked so hard to cultivate a sense of style. I had no desire to change my body prior to all this; I had worked to love it wholly for how it was. And in a matter of minutes, with the slicing open of an envelope, it truly all crumbled.Now, bariatric surgery is a very valid surgery for many people. Dr. H. Joseph Naim, MD, a bariatric surgeon located in Culver City, CA, noted a number of criteria for possible bariatric surgery: obesity with a BMI of over 40 (which is about 100 lbs overweight); or a BMI between 35-40 (about 70 lbs overweight) combined with other “obesity-related conditions like diabetes, hypertension or obstructive sleep apnea.” Patients should meet with a dietitian and a psychologist before any procedure to ensure they don’t have any condition that might hinder recovery. Dr. Glenn Forrester, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow, NY, said over the phone that conditions such as eating disorders or specific learning disabilities would stop a surgery from going forward.Forrester notes that referrals like what Annie had in Shrill or what I experienced—or even just referrals to bariatric surgery in general—can be a “touchy” subject. But he notes that “It’s not a first-line choice for the majority of people.” He makes sure to ask on his intake form about previous attempts at weight loss. “There is a time and a place to have that discussion,” he says. “I think it should come up in the primary care doctor’s office or even the specialist office when someone has a disease that’s getting out of control.”With my referral—and with Annie’s—the surgery was offered as a first option. And now this strikes me, to quote Annie as she yells to her stand-in gyno in the parking lot once she’s exited the office as “fuckin’ fucked up.”I didn’t get that yelling moment for myself. Nor do I want it (yet), though power to anyone who takes it. But what I do want is that sense of self-worth back. I was the girl who wore sweatshirts in the summer. Who held a couch pillow to hide my stomach in middle school. Who couldn’t fit into friends’ swimsuits or shorts during playdates, stuck in whatever not-fit-for-the-right-activity clothing I was wearing. And I buried that monster, remember?When I was a kid, I would lie awake at night, fantasizing what it would be like if I didn’t have that little bit of baby fat on me, what it would feel like. My mental state suddenly became the worst it’d been, on top of the fact that we were in a pandemic. It’s tough to think about December sometimes, honestly. I never spoke to that neurologist again. I found a new one who validated my experience while also apologizing for what I went through, particularly after the lumbar puncture. But I still find myself now and then thinking I overreacted. It was isolating. But seeing Shrill tackle this issue was powerful and comforting; and the TikTok response was validating. The medical stigma around obesity is real. It can completely and utterly shatter people. I am one of those people. I feel lucky I was able to put back together the pieces. Product detail: Suitable for Women/Men/Girl/Boy, Fashion 3D digital print drawstring hoodies, long sleeve with big pocket front. 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Click here to buy this shirt: https://thorshirts.com/product/funny-blippis-aswesome-idea-t-shirt/ Over the course of her pregnancy with her two sons, editor and designer Celia Lee Roach found her journey into motherhood to be radically transformative. It was a time that helped her gain greater personal autonomy by learning to “self doula,” and inspired powerful, life-altering introspection. “I was able to turn off the outside world for a bit and focus all of my attention inward, unapologetically,” explains Roach. “It was this spiritual, out-of-body experience, while still feeling every bit of sensitivity to this sort of physical metamorphosis taking place.”Roach took inventory of all the tools she used during labor, delivery, and postpartum—from breathing exercises and affirmations to finding the courage to speak up and ask for her physical self-care needs—and thought deeply about she could share them with other women. “I certainly am not the first person to experience this, but with all of the women that had given birth around me, I had wondered why everything surrounding this life-changing experience was not being discussed,” she explains. “I wanted to get the conversation-thread started, so to speak.” So Roach, who has dedicated her career to empowering women as a fashion and beauty editor and through her home and accessories line supporting Kenyan craftswomen, needle+thræd, trained to become a birth and postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor. After learning how to support, educate, and coach a mother-to-be throughout her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey, she wanted to amplify her resources and ultimately, innovate and give back to the space. Enter: The launch of Thræd, a new maternity wellness platform providing virtual doula support for mothers at all stages. “It’s the work I am most proud and passionate about, both personally and professionally, and a natural evolution of where I stand as a woman and mother today,” says Roach of her new endeavor, which offers virtual full spectrum doula support throughout the entire reproductive journey and certified lactation counseling because, as Roach puts it, “breastfeeding is a journey all its own.”Stoking dialogue and cultivating community is foundational to Thræd’s mission. “Normalizing casual and relevant conversation and education about our bodies is an ongoing issue,” says Roach of the lack of information and awareness that pregnant women and mothers face. “Having conversations that don’t feel archaic and out of touch, but instead real and approachable is important. Naturally, I lean into my experience of working at magazines and being able to talk to and genuinely connect with an audience of women.” Needless to say, the timing is right. While the maternal health crisis in the U.S. has been ongoing, the global pandemic has only emphasized the cracks in the healthcare system for expectant mothers. “The lack of awareness and importance around doula support improving health outcomes for both mother and child is an ongoing issue, but one that has been slowly gaining more visibility, especially in the wake of the pandemic when there was a need for all birth workers to have hands on deck.” Lockdown also precipitated innovations in accessibility, particularly for expectant mothers with limited family support. “Virtual and electronic communication has allowed for a sort of open door policy for the new moms I serve, to be available to talk through things as they arise and be of service to multiple parents at a given time, while allowing myself the flexibility and time to be a new mom,” explains Roach. In addition to personalized support, she’s also created a pregnancy prep guidebook that takes mothers-to-be through the basics, from best practices for care during pregnancy to the “topics that kind of get overshadowed by baby registry stuff,” such as what questions to ask your health insurance.While motherhood is an age-old experience, the fact is that it’s one plagued by many modern challenges; ones that are only exacerbated for pregnant women and new mothers without support systems. “As women, our bodies and babies know exactly what to do, how to do it and the precise time at which to do it, and right now external factors are a material disruptor to that natural rhythm of procreation,” explains Roach. “As a Black woman, coming from and creating a lineage, this is very personal.” According to the CDC, Black women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women, and while there’s more awareness of the maternal health crisis and its disproportionate impact on Black women and other women of color, there’s a long way to go. As part of Roach’s work to put mother’s health and well-being back at the center of care, she’s also providing informational workshops and brand partnerships that raise visibility surrounding specific maternal health concerns. This work includes joining forces with the Caribbean Women’s Health Association, a collective of doulas she’s a part of that offers free doula support among other resources to underserved communities, predominantly women of color, and collaborating on a workshop series with Diaspora Community Services’ Mothers Gaining Hope House in Brooklyn, which offers housing and support services to pregnant and parenting teenagers, walking young mothers through the basics of preparing for their motherhood journey. “I believe that I have a responsibility to share what I have learned and what I know with my community,” explains Roach. “Every bit of information and support will literally change someone’s life and generations following.”When Roach envisions the future for Thræd, it’s a growing and thriving community of mothers and families that have been uplifted by the maternal health education and individualized support it offers. “We are the life source and our babies depend on us,” says Roach. “If we aren’t thriving or being supported mentally, physically and spiritually, how could we be expected to care for anyone else?” There are various ways to manage perinatal depression. “Identifying that there is a problem is the first thing,” says HH Sayyida Basma Al Said, Omani royal, mental health consultant, psychotherapist and mother of four. “Acting upon it is next—you just have to filter what works for you.”One way is taking preventative action. Abbie Mitchell, the author behind Abbie’s Mind and U.K.-based maternal mental health advocate, says that recognizing symptoms and early intervention prevented her from having perinatal depression. “When I was pregnant, I had a consultation with my midwife and we decided it might be best with my history [of clinical depression] that as a preventative measure, I signed up with the perinatal mental health team. We both believed that early intervention, if I were to suffer with perinatal illness, would be best.”According to Borsato, there was no simple ingredient that could resolve her perinatal anxiety. Instead, she puts it down to “my willingness to accept support, learning to be self-compassionate, and finding ways to finally care for myself. Meeting with a mental health professional was also paramount in my recovery.”Schwartz had a similar experience: “I accepted help from families, friends, and a part-time nanny that we were able to hire,” she says. “Finding a supportive group of mum friends was also helpful. These women never judged, but rather supported and cheered for me the whole time I was fighting the depression.”Elsewhere, India-based yoga teacher Nidhi Khurana, who experienced perinatal depression at the same time as contracting COVID-19, turned to journalling and meditation as a way of managing her fears and emotions. “I practiced deep breathing exercises while trying my best to only think positively about the whole situation—just by opening up, [I] brought a huge change in my mental state.”While conversations about mental health have finally entered the mainstream, maternal health is still being somewhat overlooked. Quite simply, we need to talk about it more, whether that’s to friends, partners, family members, support groups such as Postpartum Support International, communities such as Weaver’s Mama Matters or Schwartz’s Motherhood Understood, therapists, midwives and other medical professionals. It’s important to realize that you are not alone, and help is available.If you think that you are experiencing a maternal mental health issue, contact one of the groups mentioned above or your doctor. Your GP can recommend you to a therapist or counselor. I opened up my mail not long after that appointment, and I found a referral from his office—not to a nutritionist, to a bariatric surgeon. I was at first confused; I had to google what that meant, but “surgeon” is invasive, right? Well, it turns out the whole referral was invasive. I’m 25 and healthy despite this disorder. We hadn’t done any tests. This neurologist had never seen me or weighed me in person. I don’t know my BMI. While I might qualify for one, that is not what I asked for.If this sounds familiar, you, unfortunately, might have experienced something similar. It seems all too common. In season three of Shrill, Aidy Bryant’s Annie is rightfully angry when her stand-in gynecologist suggests bariatric surgery because she’s in a good age range for it and overweight. After cursing out the doctor in the parking lot (the doctor has her headphones in), Annie writes a piece about it—yes, I know how this looks. Her character sufficiently developed at this point that the experience does not derail her too much. But for me, it was profoundly traumatizing, and I’m not alone: A couple of viral TikToks showed just how acutely poignant the scene was.I had worked so damn hard to love how I looked. I had worked so hard to cultivate a sense of style. I had no desire to change my body prior to all this; I had worked to love it wholly for how it was. And in a matter of minutes, with the slicing open of an envelope, it truly all crumbled.Now, bariatric surgery is a very valid surgery for many people. Dr. H. Joseph Naim, MD, a bariatric surgeon located in Culver City, CA, noted a number of criteria for possible bariatric surgery: obesity with a BMI of over 40 (which is about 100 lbs overweight); or a BMI between 35-40 (about 70 lbs overweight) combined with other “obesity-related conditions like diabetes, hypertension or obstructive sleep apnea.” Patients should meet with a dietitian and a psychologist before any procedure to ensure they don’t have any condition that might hinder recovery. Dr. Glenn Forrester, MD, a bariatric surgeon at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow, NY, said over the phone that conditions such as eating disorders or specific learning disabilities would stop a surgery from going forward.Forrester notes that referrals like what Annie had in Shrill or what I experienced—or even just referrals to bariatric surgery in general—can be a “touchy” subject. But he notes that “It’s not a first-line choice for the majority of people.” He makes sure to ask on his intake form about previous attempts at weight loss. “There is a time and a place to have that discussion,” he says. “I think it should come up in the primary care doctor’s office or even the specialist office when someone has a disease that’s getting out of control.”With my referral—and with Annie’s—the surgery was offered as a first option. And now this strikes me, to quote Annie as she yells to her stand-in gyno in the parking lot once she’s exited the office as “fuckin’ fucked up.”I didn’t get that yelling moment for myself. Nor do I want it (yet), though power to anyone who takes it. But what I do want is that sense of self-worth back. I was the girl who wore sweatshirts in the summer. Who held a couch pillow to hide my stomach in middle school. Who couldn’t fit into friends’ swimsuits or shorts during playdates, stuck in whatever not-fit-for-the-right-activity clothing I was wearing. And I buried that monster, remember?When I was a kid, I would lie awake at night, fantasizing what it would be like if I didn’t have that little bit of baby fat on me, what it would feel like. My mental state suddenly became the worst it’d been, on top of the fact that we were in a pandemic. It’s tough to think about December sometimes, honestly. I never spoke to that neurologist again. I found a new one who validated my experience while also apologizing for what I went through, particularly after the lumbar puncture. But I still find myself now and then thinking I overreacted. It was isolating. But seeing Shrill tackle this issue was powerful and comforting; and the TikTok response was validating. The medical stigma around obesity is real. It can completely and utterly shatter people. I am one of those people. I feel lucky I was able to put back together the pieces. Product detail: Suitable for Women/Men/Girl/Boy, Fashion 3D digital print drawstring hoodies, long sleeve with big pocket front. 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