Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
Pause to Remember is a podcast and community where healthcare providers share their grief journeys after pregnancy and infant loss. By normalizing difficult conversations, providers openly share their unique experiences and offer resources to preserve their careers, relationships, and well-being while honoring the memory of their baby.
Pause to Remember: Providers Sharing Loss Stories
24. Chronic Pain After Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Macy Guisto, DPT
Macy Guisto, DPT talks about chronic pain after pregnancy and infant loss.
In this episode she talks about:
- Risk factors - emotional overload, trauma
- Pain after delivery or c-section
- Identifying contributing factors
- lack of sleep
- emotional overload
- constantly in "fight or flight" mode
- stressors (like loss)
- hormones
- nutrition
- Induced labor, epidurals, and c-sections have been shown to increase the risk of developing chronic pain
- How do you make a plan and where do you start?
- 3 Priorities
- Give yourself grace
- Start moving
- Have a way to manage stress
Where to find Macy Guisto.
- Instagram: @paincoachmacy
- Email: macy.guisto@gmail.com
- Website: Wonsettler Physical Therapy
Pause to Remember Resources for Healthcare Providers Grieving After Pregnancy and Infant Loss
- Facebook Group
- Virtual Support Group
- Amy's Calendar to talk 1:1
- eBook - A Guide After Pregnancy & Infant Loss
- Refer a provider (therapist, counselor, psychiatrist, etc)
- Be a guest on the podcast
- Contact Amy
- Yoga with the Pause to Remember Community
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