Weeding the Garden: Peer Support & Coaching for Perinatal Mood Disorders

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Amanda Wilkinson PMH-C CLS is a Certified Peer Support Specialist through Postpartum Support International, and offers peer support, coaching, and downloadable tools for mental health conditions associated with pregnancy and postpartum.

08/23/2026

My sisters in Christ, hear ye me…

There is no product, drink, food substance, supplement, crystal, tiki-dance, or other item that will boost your milk supply.

Is it important to stay hydrated to support milk-making? ABSOLUTELY.

Is it important to eat a balanced diet that has ADEQUATE and NON-RESTRICTED calories to support milk-making? ABSOLUTELY.

But the things that establish a full milk supply are:
☝🏻FREQUENT STIMULATION of your breasts
✌🏻EFFECTIVE MILK REMOVAL

If you are concerned about your milk supply, I beg of thee, make an appointment with a lactation consultant for a full clinical evaluation before you run to the Mom’s Groups on FB. Even the most well-meaning people can send you on a wild goose chase for a cookie, a cream, a TikTok, or something else that might delay you getting the care you need.

08/19/2026

Yesterday was an ok day for me nervous system-wise… but some days I just can’t play with the girls like this.

Birth trauma can keep your nervous system in a perpetual state of hyperarousal, which may mean that you can’t tolerate sounds, sensations, or environments without triggering a panic response.

That doesn’t mean you’re a bad mom. It means your brain changed when you were traumatized during birth because it was trying to keep you safe.

If you’re snapping at your kids over noise you used to tune out… if your partner touching your shoulder makes you want to crawl out of your skin… if “overstimulated” has become your baseline instead of your exception…
That’s not you failing at motherhood. That’s a dysregulated nervous system doing exactly what trauma trained it to do.

You can’t think your way out of a nervous system response. But you can learn to work with it.

As a peer support specialist, I help moms build real regulation strategies and set boundaries with partners and kids that actually protect your capacity and help you communicate about your needs.

You don’t have to keep white-knuckling through overstimulation. Book a session with me. Link in bio.

08/18/2026

Today just felt so heavy with the loss of Hayden Panettiere, along with the ongoing Lindsay Clancy trial. I know that Hayden’s cause of death hasn’t yet been confirmed, and it may have not had a direct link to her postpartum/mental health challenges—but it’s still devastating to lose a fellow woman who used her platform, unhesitatingly, to speak honestly about postpartum depression, birth trauma, substance use, and the overwhelming concoction of all of these hard, hard things against the backdrop of motherhood.

Her daughter, whose welfare she never stopped protecting, has lost her mother.

I know the Lindsay Clancy story is vastly different in many ways, but she was also a woman, a mother, who was extremely open and honest about her postpartum mental health struggles and cried out, repeatedly and to many people, for help.

How much longer and louder will women have to cry out before someone takes maternal mental health seriously? I have committed my professional and personal life to this work—but as many of us know, many days it feels like screaming into the void.

But there is light in the void. I’m so, so grateful every day for the help I received, for the fact that my husband and family intervened, that I found good providers who showed me the way back to myself. Being here and healthy to enjoy my sweet, beautiful girls is the blessing of my life.

But today feels heavy. And there’s so much more work to be done.

08/11/2026

I’m back with another 🔥🔥🔥 take on the Lindsay Clancy case—(spoiler alert: it should not be a “hot take” for providers to give a s**t.)

Dr. Jennifer Tufts is undoubtedly one of the mental health providers who FAILED not just Lindsay, but the whole Clancy family.

Those who come to us at their most vulnerable, broken moments of motherhood deserve more than a set of checkboxes, a discharge summary, and a 17 minute Zoom call.

08/10/2026

A hill I will die on—don’t ask a pregnant or postpartum person how they are doing/feeling if you don’t have time to listen to the long version. ✨

This should be the standard of care. Don’t schedule a 15 min appointment for a mom who is coming to you BECAUSE she is struggling. That’s on you.

Good care takes TIME. Empathy and relationships take TIME to build. Active listening takes TIME. Make time.

1. Get help before it hurts, not after.Pain is a signal, not a rite of passage. See an IBCLC in the first week, even if ...
08/06/2026

1. Get help before it hurts, not after.
Pain is a signal, not a rite of passage. See an IBCLC in the first week, even if you were told your latch looked “fine” in the hospital.

2. Fed and bonded matters more than exclusive.
Combo feeding, pumping, formula supplementing. All of it can still be breastfeeding success. Your worth isn’t measured in ounces.

3. Your mental health is part of your milk supply story.
Stress and anxiety can affect letdown. Protecting your mental health protects your feeding relationship.

4. Build your team before day one.
IBCLC, postpartum doula, peer support group. Line them up before birth, not in a 3am panic.

5. You’re allowed to change your mind.
Started and stopped. Never started. Exclusively pumped. Every path is valid. You don’t owe anyone an explanation.

Happy World Breastfeeding Week 🤍 As someone who supports moms through both lactation and mental health, these are the things I wish every new mom heard before day one. Remember, you are learning a skill and you deserve self-compassion and support.
Drop a 🤍 if you needed this reminder today.

Absolutely love love love this from Postpartum Support International—being cross-trained in lactation and perinatal ment...
08/06/2026

Absolutely love love love this from Postpartum Support International—being cross-trained in lactation and perinatal mental health is my special sauce as a provider! 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Breastfeeding is SO intensely emotional and its success or struggle is a huge predictor of maternal mental health postpartum!

08/04/2026

I don’t have a slick slider on the neuroscience behind postpartum psychosis. I don’t have a sobering stat. I tried to come up with a “professional” response to the Lindsay Clancy case and I just couldn’t.

Because the one thing I’ve taken away from this case so far is that mothers NEED and DESERVE a safe place to fall apart before things become irreversibly tragic and dangerous.

All I have for you today is a safe space, beloveds.

Why is it that some days, recovering from birth trauma feels like such a WIN—but other days you feel like you can’t even...
07/24/2026

Why is it that some days, recovering from birth trauma feels like such a WIN—but other days you feel like you can’t even enjoy it because a flashback, nightmare, or trigger knocks you back on your ass?

This is why self-compassion is SO critical when recovering from trauma. You are doing your best, but it’s ok if your best looks different every day.

If you’re a trauma survivor and you haven’t ready “The Body Keeps the Score”—DO IT. You will cry, you will be amazed, you will be validated, you will fist pump in a room all by yourself and yell “HOW DO ALL DOCTORS NOT KNOW THIS” 😅😅😅

Got an email from one of the conference organizers for last week’s Maternal Infant Health Summit that made me cry:“Sever...
07/22/2026

Got an email from one of the conference organizers for last week’s Maternal Infant Health Summit that made me cry:

“Several moms found me after your session crying and saying that they felt so seen and that they aren’t alone. You were great on stage but more importantly your impact was immeasurable.”

This is my why. THIS is my why. 😭🥹🥰👏🏻💪🏻

My heart is full 💗

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