New baby smell is just divine! Evoking a sense of warmth and comfort that is hard to replicate. The scent of a newborn, often described as a mix of sweetness and freshness, is not only delightful but also has a profound emotional impact on many people.

I had this fantasy that we would immediately have this deep connection, but it didn’t play out exactly that way. I was more just amazed by this little creature that cooed and cried and smelled wonderful, but was he really mine?

In fact, only 2% of animals menstruate as we do. We would be much better served by studies being done on the spiny mouse (which actually does menstruate like us!).

Cleaning is the fun part of OCD for me, the part that stinks is having intrusive thoughts that make you feel like a horrible person.

Psychiatrist: "Do you hoard?" Patient: disheartened stare, followed by a deep sigh, then says "I have a few collections, but..."

here is no data to support that edible marijuana, cannabis or weed are safe to use in pregnancy, yet many women are using it to manage nausea, anxiety, and insomnia during pregnancy.

Now there are a few biomarkers for us to measure and study.

The truth is that protecting my peace is the glue that held me together postpartum.

Yes! The future is here, but remember these tests do NOT tell you what medications will work.

We feel angry when you’re resenting someone and we feel resentment in response to two things:

If I could tell my younger self one thing it would be that relationships are not supposed to feel like asteroids colliding.

SSRIs do not increase the risk of miscarriage. Depression does increase the risk of miscarriage.

The key to healing is connection.

Do you get so many UTIs? Like so many that your doctor is giving you funny looks?

Sertraline or Zoloft is kind of a favorite medication of mine (and most psychiatrists).

Bioidentical hormones are not all FDA approved. In fact, the compounded Bioidentical hormones probably never will be FDA approved because

Chronic fatigue can be very impairing and it may not be from depression So many patients get referred to psych for fatigue and persistent...

Don't make assumptions about someone else's pregnancy.

We are playing a lot of catch up on understanding hormones for women. A lot of people become focused on the hormone levels and try to...

I see so many more moms preparing for a subsequent pregnancy following a postpartum episode rather than during the pregnant or postpartum...