Book Review- Cowan Kristina

Book Review : When Postpartum Packs a Punch: Fighting Back and Finding Joy, by Kristina Cowan, showcases both personal experiences and evidence-based research on various mental health conditions surrounding postpartum mood disorders. This book serves as a guide for mothers, partners, and their families, as they experience the life-changing journey of childbirth and new parenthood. Mothers and their partners are provided with the necessary tools needed during the prenatal and postpartum period to identify symptoms and factors associated with traumatic childbirth experiences and/or postpartum depression. Cowan identifies and thoroughly explains the risk factors, prevalence, and symptoms associated with the most common illnesses arising from perinatal trauma; she incorporates the stories told by mothers and their partners and how they confronted this issue, as well as the current treatments being used to reduce the negative impact of traumatic births and postpartum depression and anxiety disorders.