Karmin advises providers to use a trauma-informed care approach.

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From the health care provider perspective I think having that, like, trauma informed care and then also to, like, being aware of the signs and symptoms and – yeah. Just like somewhat normalizing the mental – the mental health – or the mental illnesses, like kind of normalizing them, but also, like – but also letting them know it’s not, like, normal for you to feel, like, this way. Like, you know, yeah. I think just them having compassionate care is important and validating the moms. And yeah, I think validation’s important, and so is compassion. And reminding the moms they need to be compassionate with themselves and giving themselves grace through it all. And yeah. Because you can be hard – the moms can be hard on themselves and, you know, like, I had mentioned to the health care provider, I mean lactation consultants are technically health care providers, in a way, so, like, having that really hard pressure on the moms about breastfeeding and exclusively breastfeeding isn’t necessarily the most healthy – isn’t necessarily the most healthy thing.

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