420: Parijat Deshpande: Finding Power & Hope In High Risk Pregnancies

The Shameless Mom Academy: Motherhood, Motivation, and Mindset Tips for Busy Moms - A podcast by Sara Dean

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Parijat Deshpande is Shameless Mom and the leading high-risk pregnancy expert, mind-body health specialist, trauma professional, speaker and author who teaches women how to deactivate their stress response before, during and after a high-risk pregnancy so they can give their baby a strong start to life. Her unique approach has served hundreds of women to manage pregnancy complications and reclaim a safety and trust in their bodies that they thought was eroded forever. Parijat is the author of bestselling book Pregnancy Brain: A Mind-Body Approach to Stress Management During a High-Risk Pregnancy. She is also the host of the popular podcast Delivering Miracles®, that discusses the real, raw side of family-building including infertility, loss, high-risk pregnancy, bed rest, prematurity and healing once baby comes home.

Listen in to hear Parijat share:

  • Her journey of serious and dangerous complications during fertility treatments that lead to the delivery of her 24 week old baby boy
  • How she managed preterm labor, used her mind to dramatically impact her and her baby’s health, and bought her son a life giving 15 additional days in utero
  • The very bittersweet journey of having a second child via a gestational carrier
  • The impact of prenatal stress/trauma on pregnancy outcomes and how you can learn to self manage prenatal stress/trauma by re-regulating your nervous system
  • The truth about trauma and how your body and brain resolve it - or not

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