What’s So Bad About “Mommy Brain?” The Negative Implications of Ignoring the Upside
Thursday, April 13, 2023
10:00am-12:30pm (EST)
Virtual Zoom Webinar
Registration is Free
2.5 CEU Hours Available*
The term “Mommy Brain” is most often used in a derogatory way to describe how forgetful a new parent might be after the birth of their baby. In this presentation, attendees will learn about how the maternal brain changes - both in structure and function - to support the newborn, especially in the 4th Trimester (first 12 weeks postpartum). When expecting parents, and those who support them in the childbearing year, are aware of these changes and can provide the necessary support these changes require, families can feel empowered and maybe even learn to celebrate “Mommy Brain.”
Attendees will be able to identify the structural and cognitive changes that occur to the maternal brain during the peripartum period.
Attendees will be able to discuss the link between the amygdala and maternal behaviors.
Attendees will be able to explain the positive role “Mommy Brain” plays in supporting the newborn.
Attendees will be able to justify the need for more and better support for new parents based on the effects psychosocial stressors can have during the peripartum period.
Featured Presenter:
Barb Buckner Suárez is a Health Educator specializing in pregnancy, birth, and parenting. She’s taught thousands of couples for over 20+ years about the benefits of embracing the vulnerability that comes with becoming a parent.
Barb’s a Lamaze-certified Childbirth Educator, a Fellow in the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators, a Certified Becoming Us Facilitator, and Mentor for Becoming Us Facilitators. She’s also a professed “brain nerd” and holds a Masters Level Certificate in Interpersonal Neurobiology.
Barb’s fascinated with the science behind the “Couples Connection” classes she created to help strengthen the connection between the birthing person and their partner, so that no matter how birth unfolds, their baby can be born into that strong and loving connection. She believes that connection is everything… and it begins with birth.
Barb just launched her new podcast “Birth Happens,” as yet another way to support expecting and new families in the most important work they will ever do: raising the next generation. In her free time, she spends most of her time with Roberto, her BFF & husband of 26+years.
Together they’re raising their four kids Elisa, Alejandro Lucía and Félix, and taking Chico the WonderDog on as many walks as possible.
*Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Palm Beach County is approved through the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, Florida Board of Psychology, and Florida Board of Nursing- CE Provider Number #50-28664.