The Mother's Mental Health, Depression and Pregnancy - Amn Karim Ahmad -
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Amn Karim Ahmad, author of "We Are Going to be Okay" comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Motherhood, Pregnancy, Biology, Postpartum Depression, anxieties and struggles of a first time mother, therapy and her book.
Amn Karim Ahmad was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. She studied in Canada and Australia for her undergraduate and postgraduate degree respectively.
After getting married she moved to Virginia, USA where she worked as an elementary school ESL teacher. Amn became a first time mother to a baby boy in September 2021. She has been vocal about her struggles with postpartum on her personal social media blogs, which motivated her to write this book in an attempt to create a connection with others like herself. Amn wrote this book on the notes app of her phone at 3am one night as she was burping her newborn. She had always wanted to write a book for her son but once she had finished typing, she realized she had written something for herself instead.
This is the link to her insta / weregoingtobeokaybook
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:00 What is Postpartum Depression and Baby Anxiety
10:10 Biology, Struggles and Depression
22:41 Pregnancy and Social Support
28:30 Communication and the role of the Husband
35:40 Realizing I wasn't okay
42:00 Motherhood and relationship with your Mother
49:00 We are going to be okay - Розваги
21:41 it’s really difficult to control screen time for kids, but can be done.
1. No screen until the kid is 6 and able to understand repercussions.
2. Parental app to restrict screen time to 1hr a day with 30-45min bonus on getting homework done, going outside and play etc.
3. Increase screen time by 15-20mins a year.
My youngest is 9, has a screen time of 2hours on weekdays and 3 on weekends, all controlled through parental controls.
It’s not that hard when the entire reality the kid knows includes screen limits.
Being a parent is a great service and we should recognise that.
everyday i realize how motherhood and parenthood isn't for me, so informative thank you so much for this, and kudos to all the parents who consciously make a decision to be mindful parents and to raise better humans for this society
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Wife’s pregnant currently. Wholehearted thanks for bringing this ❤
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Congrats!
Thank you Shehzad for being that man who actually cares for a new mom- Motherhood is hard, pregnancy is hard- I have delivered twins and I went through severe chronic pains for 5 yrs due to intense exhaustion- Despite the fact that I had Nannies and my husband was there to help a lot I still felt overwhelmed, over exhausted with a full time job!
I have seen my near and dear ones go through post partum depression - it break a new mom into a gazillion pieces and seeing it first hand in my family has taught me a great deal about it-
Someone in my family told me that you didn’t have this depression bakwaas because we don’t cater to this kind of crap -
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A much needed initiative, you should be proud!
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Kudos for picking such a good topic bhai ❤
Thanks for another informative podcast, respect for Amn Karim Ahmad
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Such a wonderful conversation and excellent topic , It was exciting but definitely brings some tears in the eyes when you soul search yourself 😢😘
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Very important topic.. kudos
Thank you so much Shehzad for this wonderful epi! Boht Kuch seekhne or samajhne ko mila👍
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Listened the whole podcast with my girlfriend. so grateful for your insight.
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Amn Karim! You’re awesome
As eagerly waiting for your new podcast good topic kudos GBU
thanks for the wake up call
O chaa gaya hai cheetay. What a range of topics yaar. Very significant.
Very important topic indeed. Thirty two years ago, no one believed in postpartum depression. Not even doctors! Even my obstetrician tried prescribing antipsychotic.
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Yikes
As a new father I had been asking myself if I am acting as a good father and a good husband. Turns out there are definitely some things which I have done right but there is so much more that I can do. Thanks for such an informative discussion. Definitely gonna buy this book.
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kuch bhi kar bhai jihadist math banana tumhare beta ko
Bhai bari jaldi veya karva liya😂... Mashallah Allah khush rakhy
Good work ❤❤❤
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very informative.
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Mate what happend to the TPE book club, you were to release an episode discussing Manufacturing consent by Noam Chomsky but you never did.
You're right, just got busy with everything else, it is still on my to do list
There was a time I lost my vocabulary as a new mom. And I realized that it’s very common among moms! Can you imagine feeling dumb after having a baby? Because you can’t put a sentence together? It was so frustrating because I was never out of words in my pre-mom era! 🥲🥲 so, the brain changes too! You can’t think of anything else except your baby! 😂
So true!!! I remember having proper loss of words in ordinary conversations and till now, I forget simple things and feel dumber than I was 8 months ago
Great podcast Shehzad!!!!
Good information for family members to get involved........
This should be educational documentary for family members of pregnant ladies!!!!!
Same like you have podcast with the acquit drug adict who recovered and participated in your podcast( i don't remember his name now)......these are really good educational documentaries to society.
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Osama Zaman
I am not ashamed to admit I have given tablets to my twins multiple times to get some air, energy - but thankfully by the time my twins were 4 yrs old we set stricter rules over screen time - and by the time they were 5 yrs old my kids were completely off of the tablets -
Now their tablet is used for homework purposes only - it’s a tough batte but parents together have to be a rock solid team to enforce boundaries and kids feel safest the most when they have a routine and they have boundaries -
I've been working as a nursing field for many years. I work in different Dept specially Gynecology. Mother do have Postpartum Depressions in various wasys However, there are some ignorant mother i have come across who are married to overseas, Before was normal but soon after she got the residency,everythings changes. She had 3 kids now. The problems she had issues even if noone scold her. she is still not happy. The reasons is she think she should be treated like Queen of Bukingham Palace where husband should lives in a Castle + she should be highly paid to take care of the 3 children & mother in law. Even giving her one advices is also a problem. Even the aunt come up to help her to take care of her kids is a problem. Almost she could end up lossing every single child if she wasn't there. She repetedly doing the same risky things almost every single days. She isn't stupid at all but pretend to be like one. She ignores teaching kids the importantce except HOLY Book. She loves seeing the kids unable to speak even at age 5. None of their kids have been taught of manners to the elderly. It's just like wild animals living in a jungles. I've never seen such ignorant uneducated mom before. Father even can't spend time on their kids due to long working hours. I really don't know what to say.
Never ever judge a mom! She does the best that she can given her circumstances:-
🛑 putting her down if
➡️ kids are on iPad
➡️kids are not always eating healthy foods
➡️kids are not looking super prim and proper
➡️kids are throwing a tantrum at a party
➡️kids are with sitters, Nannies and grandparents
Just 🛑 judging a MOM!
Do you think Post Partum Depression is just reality kicking in??? 🧐
Bro do a podcast with abhijit iyer mitra
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CAA lagu ho gya hain Pakistani Hindu Christan Sikh baudh aana chahta hain wo aa sakta hain. For 5 years
Naam hi "expectations" hai to banday ko pata hona chahea k expectations toot'ti hi hain 😂