By Kaely Harrod, Doula and Childbirth Educator “Is this normal?!” If there is one resounding question during the perinatal time, it is this! The newness of it all can make parents second guess everything they know about babies – and about themselves. As a parent branches into life with a newborn, normalizing their own bodily

Essential Reads – Psychotropic Treatment During Pregnancy: Research Synthesis and Clinical Care Principles It used to be easier.  Becoming a perinatal psychiatrist meant understanding some rudimentary data on the reproductive risks of a few psychotropic medications — medications like lithium and valproic acid that were known teratogens. There was some preliminary data on a few