ADHD and Pregnancy with Dusty Chipura - First Trimester
Added 2024-04-30 17:17:28 +0000 UTCWelcome to the second episode of our six-part series on ADHD and Pregnancy, where I sit down with Master-certified ADHD coach and pregnancy expert Dusty Chipura! In this episode, we talk about some things one might expect to experience during their first trimester... and how that interplays with ADHD... or in the future! Dusty and I both share our personal experiences and cover topics one should consider when you know you want kids! And some of the struggles that happen along the way...
"The Six Trimesters of Pregnancy" by Amos Grünebaum https://www.babymed.com/pregnancy/six-trimesters-of-pregnancy
The ADHD And Pregnancy Workbook (Notion template) was developed by Dusty Chipura in conjunction with Alix Bacon, registered midwife and president of the Canadian Association of Midwives. This workbook will help you stay organized during your ADHD Pregnancy and know what to expect from pregnancy & labor: https://www.vancouveradhdcoaching.com/pregnancy-coaching/
Check out Dusty Chipura's stuff here: https://www.vancouveradhdcoaching.com/
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Check out Alix Bacon's stuff here: Alix's consult-based website offers medical consults for ADHD in pregnancy https://www.adhdpregnancy.ca
Comments
Although I’ll never know what it’s like to be pregnant from a first-person perspective, I very much related from a general medical perspective to the story Dusty told about the ADHDer patient wanting to be fully informed about what to expect. If I’m in a medical situation with either no or limited control, it’s reassuring to have my hand held and have every step in the process explained to me. I am not someone who likes surprises in that kind of situation or can just sit back and trust everything will work out. When I underwent surgery, for example, it went just about as well as I could expect physically, but being kept largely in the dark by my medical team was extremely traumatic, as I had no idea what was normal and what I should be worried about (thus, I worried and even panicked over everything).
Matthew Zeidman
2024-05-01 20:13:08 +0000 UTC
