Well-adjusted Mama

WAM048 A Journey Through Grief & Postpartum Depression with Kirsten Falsey

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Kirsten Falsey was born in Elk Grove Village in Illinois and raised in Tucson,  Arizona.  She attended the University of Arizona where she was the recipient of an Alumni Scholarship.  She earned a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing and went on to become a Labor and Delivery Nurse.  She moved to California and was a Labor and Delivery nurse for ten years,  four of which she was a Charge Nurse.  She became pregnant for the first time with twins in 2010.  Then in 2011,  right before they were born,  Kirsten lost her beloved mother to cancer.  While grieving over the loss of her mother,  Kirsten gave birth to her twin daughters.  Soon after giving birth,  Kirsten started seeing a therapist, and eventually a psychiatrist,  after it was realized that she was not only grieving the loss of her mother, but that she was also suffering from postpartum depression which eventually lead to stays in a psychiatric hospital. Nearly two years after her twins were born, and with various forms of help, resources and therapy,  Kirs