Anxiety is an ever-present blight on the lives of many expecting mothers today. Increasing concerns of adequate resources, fears of birth or problems with baby, negotiating the needs of employers, partner, family, and the new baby can be overwhelming. Anxiety is a threat to the well-being and happiness of the pregnant woman as well as her baby. There are biologic and environment causes of anxiety. Past trauma is a major cause of anxiety in the present. We will look at how the brain changes after trauma as well as in pregnancy and how these changes can be not only survived, but mom can learn to thrive in spite of anxiety.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: List risk factors and symptoms of trauma and anxiety.
Objective 2: Describe brain changes in pregnancy and after trauma/
Objective 3: Discuss how to help women with anxiety using simple tools and information .
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