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Postpartum Sleep Deprivation: How It Affects Mental Health With Mariana Yancik

Podcast: Ask the Doulas Podcast · Gold Coast Doulas

Opublikowano: 2026-05-12

Send us Fan Mail Sleep deprivation, postpartum mental health, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are often dismissed as a normal part of new parenthood, but chronic exhaustion can affect the brain and body in ways that go well beyond tiredness. In this episode of Ask the Doulas, we're joined by Mariana Yancik of Gold Coast Doulas to explore the connection between sleep deprivation and PMADs, and how this affects parents during pregnancy and the postpartum period. We dive into: How sleep deprivation can contribute to postpartum depression, anxiety, overwhelm, and...