Pregnancy & Postpartum Resources

This list is not exhaustive but features resources I have interacted with myself and can confidently pass along to you.

Click the images below to be taken directly to each resource.

Books

Screenshot of a webpage section titled 'Recommended Reads' with book covers and titles, including titles and authors like 'The Mother Load,' 'The Pregnancy Workbook,' 'Then Comes Baby,' 'The Parental Leave Playbook,' 'Beyond the Blues,' and 'Mais alla del Melnc,' along with other recommended books below.

Postpartum Support International (PSI) has an extensive recommended reading list for pregnancy and postpartum.

Book cover for 'Self-Compassion' by Kristin Neff, Ph.D., featuring a purple background with large white text, a beige sand texture at the bottom with a sunflower and a bee, and a quote at the top about improving life quality.

Self-Compassion by Dr. Kristin Neff

Every season of life warrants a robust practice of self-compassion. Especially this one.

Book cover for 'Expecting Better' by Emily Oster, with a white and yellow background, pink and blue text, and a Penguin logo at the bottom.

Expecting Better by Emily Oster

For those that love some digestible data driven context for decision-making.

Podcasts

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Mom & Mind

This podcast covers a broad scope of perinatal and postpartum experiences with some great interviews.

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Katie’s Crib

Maybe not your typical therapist recommendation, but if postpartum life is bogging you down, this podcast provides an honest, and sometimes comical glimpse into this phase and might help you feel a little less alone like it did for me.

Websites

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Postpartum Support International

An incredible resource (home of the recommended reads from above). This organization offers hundreds of support groups, perinatal mental health education, crisis resources, etc. It’s impossible to list everything it covers, but such an important support.

Dr. Kiley Hanish with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a navy blazer and white top, standing in front of a wooden background.

Dr. Kiley Hanish

Dr. Hanish has conducted new and necessary research on the specific experience of Autistic mothers. She has also compiled other research along with her own about the sensory experiences of pregnancy and birth. Her website has a lot of great resources on this topic.

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Flow of Life Yoga

Local to Asheville, Flow of Life offers pre and postnatal yoga classes as well as birth education.

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Babies Need Bottoms

Local to Asheville, this is a diaper bank serving families in WNC. Their community partners program helps distribute diapers across the region.

Social Media

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Dr. Emily Oster

If you find yourself anxious about parsing through all of the “recommendations”, “research”, or “suggestions” surrounding pregnancy and postpartum, this IG account is a helpful resource. Emily hosts a Q/A every Tuesday on her stories that offers straightforward translations of data to help you make more informed and grounded decisions. But more importantly, it’s popularity is proof of just how many other women are in the same boat!

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Ryann Kippling, MPH, RDN

If food aversions/anxiety are part of your pregnancy journey, Ryann offers evidence-based prenatal nutrition information in a helpful, non-fear mongering way.