An Intense Birth, NICU Sleeplessness, and a Diagnosis Without Treatment: Clint on the Need for Postpartum Psychosis Protocols
Mom Breaks: Science and Stories of Postpartum Psychosis by Meg
Episode notes
Clint shares his family’s experience with postpartum psychosis after the birth of their first child. Following a long and difficult labor that ended in a hospital transfer and NICU stay for their newborn, Clint found himself trying to make sense of rapidly escalating symptoms in his wife, Courtney — a chiropractor with a solid understanding of the human body and no psychiatric history.
In this conversation, Clint reflects on the confusion of navigating a psychiatric emergency with little guidance, what it was like bringing home a wife still actively psychotic after hospital discharge, and the lasting impact the experience had on their family. He also shares how faith, advocacy, and the birth of their second child became part of a deeply healing chapter in their lives.
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