E30: Managing ADHD in Pregnancy and beyond, with Certified ADHD Coach, Dusty Chipura
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In today’s episode, I am talking to certified ADHD Coach, Dusty Chipura, from Vancouver, British Columbia. We are talking about neurodivergent pregnancy and how it's a bit of a different experience from the neurotypical story we grow up with.
We talk about:
- How the emotional experience of pregnancy can be very different if you have ADHD,
- Practical tips for pregnancy & your postpartum days,
- Why neurodivergent parents need neurodivergent parent friends,
- New data to inform the discussion around ADHD medication and pregnancy.
Resources mentioned in the show:
- Changing Estrogen Levels Affect Women’s ADHD Symptoms,
- Essential Reads: Breastfeeding and ADHD Medications,
- The Course of ADHD during Pregnancy (the A. Baker paper, Journal of Attention Disorders),
- A new consensus statement updates what is known about ADHD in girls and women.
- For interest in Dusty’s ADHD certification program: ADDCA. About our Guest: Dusty Chipura, she/her, AACC MCAC ADHD Coach Dusty Chipura (she/her) is the Henry Rollins of ADHD Coaching. She is a master certified ADHD Coach who coaches people of many backgrounds, but most often finds herself coaching artists, people in tech, queer people, and pregnant people. Dusty is the co-author of the ADHD and Pregnancy Journal, and currently offers the only ADHD coaching program specifically aimed at pregnant ADHDers, combining prenatal class with survival skills for this very tumultuous time of life. When not supporting very cool ADHDers, Dusty likes to play banjo, and guitar, spend time with her daughter and her pets, or engage in one of her various other hobbies.
Find Dusty: Twitter | TikTok | The ADHD Studio |Website
Find Christina (CRPO #003908): Website | Meet the Team | DIY*ADHD course | Instagram | TikTok
A gentle reminder that this is not therapy, and Christina is not your therapist. If you need more one on one support or treatment, please check out the links posted in the Show info and episode notes on the main podcast webpage.
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