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Lithium and Anticonvulsant Mood Stabilizers: No Higher Risk for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

For women with bipolar disorder, choosing whether to maintain or discontinue treatment with a mood stabilizer during pregnancy is challenging.  This is a process which requires careful and thoughtful consideration, weighing the risk of adverse [...]

By |2025-06-26T09:07:40-04:00August 5th, 2019|Pregnancy & Medications|Comments Off on Lithium and Anticonvulsant Mood Stabilizers: No Higher Risk for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Placentophagy: More Myth Than Miracle

Placentophagy.  That’s a fancy term for describing what some women do after giving birth.  Placentophagy refers to the act of eating the placenta after giving birth.  Almost all non-human placental mammals ingest their placentas after [...]

By |2015-07-27T10:39:46-04:00July 23rd, 2015|Alternative & Complementary, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders|Comments Off on Placentophagy: More Myth Than Miracle
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