Why breastfeeding doesn't need to suck, postpartum depression, placental encapsulation and ACE (adverse childhood experiences) - An interview with Dr Kathleen Kendall-Tackett

Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and
International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and the CEO
of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's
health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of the journal,
Psychological Trauma and was Founding Editor-in-Chief of Clinical
Lactation. 


Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research
including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health
psychology, and has won many awards for her work including the
2019 President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field
of Trauma Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Kendall-Tackett has authored more than 490 articles or
chapters and is author or editor of 41 books. Her most recent
books include Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck (2022) and
Women’s Mental Health Across the Lifespan (2017). Her 41st book,
Depression in New Mothers, 4th Edition is in press.


Dr Kendall Tackett discusses with us not only a vast range of
topics specific to her work and new book but also some big and
confronting topics in this episode.  


 A warning: Dr Kendall-Tackett discusses early in the
podcast about her research and work with women who have
experienced sexual assault. 


In this episode we delve in to:


Postnatal anxiety and guilt 

The power of oxytocin, a mother’s “Spidey senses” and the
vulnerability during the early days

Sleep, mental health and breastfeeding

Postpartum depression 

Placenta encapsulation and it’s potential effects on milk
supply. 

Secondary trauma in midwives and doulas and birth
partners 

Burn out in midwives - shift based vs continuity of carer
model 

How Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) affects adult
health 

How women who have experienced sexual abuse prefer to engage
with breastfeeding and what the research is showing.  



LINKS :


Course Burnout among perinatal workers 


Book Breastfeeding doesn’t need to suck: how to nurture your baby
and your mental health  


Dr Kendall-Tackett website  


 Dr Kendall-Tackett mentions her work with Kerstin Uvnäs
Moberg  


Secondary Traumatic Stress and Moral Injury in Maternity Care
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