Perinatal in Practice: Supporting providers through the entire perinatal arc

Rebecca Reddin

Țara Irlanda

Genuri Sănătate și Fitness, Sănătate Mintală, Medicină

Limba EN-IE

Episoade 1

Ultimul 29.09.2026

Perinatal in Practice is a weekly podcast for healthcare providers who work with families across the perinatal period, from fertility and pregnancy through birth and early parenting. Most episodes are short and practical, offering tips and techniques that providers can apply immediately. Once a month, the show features a deeper conversation with perinatal professionals on a specific topic. The podcast aims to help all disciplines recognize perinatal mental health challenges and respond with compassion, appropriate referral, or treatment.

Episoade

What Is Perinatal Mental Health, Really? 29.09.2026 35min

Perinatal mental health is getting more attention, but general mental health training doesn't prepare you to spot what makes perinatal mood and anxiety disorders different. What gets missed in that gap can be serious. In this episode, Rebecca is joined by perinatal psychotherapist Gaby Beaujeu for the show's first guest conversation, exploring what perinatal mental health actually covers and why specialisation matters. They talk through how far the perinatal window really stretches, from fe...
Perinatal Anxiety vs. Normal Worry: What to Look For 25.09.2026 15min

Almost every parent worries. Perinatal anxiety is something different, and knowing how to tell the two apart changes what you do next. In the first episode of Perinatal in Practice, Rebecca lays out how to distinguish the normal uptick in worry that comes with pregnancy and new parenthood from a perinatal anxiety disorder. She explains why anxiety naturally increases during this period, from an evolutionary and neurological standpoint, and walks through three practical questions professionals...
Postpartum Psychosis: What Every Provider Needs to Know 25.09.2026 18min

Postpartum psychosis is having a moment in the media, and most of what gets said about it is wrong on the two points that matter most: how rare it actually is, and what it has to do with how someone feels about becoming a mother. Neither is what you'd think. In this episode, Rebecca gives a clearer, more accurate picture of postpartum psychosis: why "rare" is the wrong word for something that affects one to two in every thousand births, why it's a physiological complication of pregnancy rath...
A Postpartum Planning Tool for Your Client Sessions 25.09.2026 14min

Birth plans get all the attention. Postpartum planning gets almost none and that gap is where a lot of avoidable conflict and confidence loss shows up in the fourth trimester. In this episode, Rebecca breaks down why postpartum planning deserves the same attention as birth planning, and how to introduce it with clients without it feeling like one more task on their list. She covers the confidence dip that almost every new parent experiences, why unspoken expectations are one of the biggest dr...
Welcome to Perinatal in Practice 11.09.2026 1min

Welcome to Perinatal in Practice, the podcast for professionals working alongside people on the journey to parenthood. Whether you're a therapist, midwife, doula, lactation consultant, health visitor, GP, or nurse, if you work with pregnant people, new parents, or families in the perinatal period, this show was made for you. Hosted by Rebecca Reddin, chartered psychologist and founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Institute (PMHI), Perinatal in Practice delivers practical perinatal mental he...