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Nov 2023
29m 17s

Finding Joy: Overcoming Weight and perce...

DR. MONA AMIN
About this episode

I have spoken about weight and percentile anxiety many times both on my social media channels and on this podcast and now I am experiencing it. On this episode; I get candid about percentile anxiety and how it impacted my postpartum. 

I discuss: 

  • How my percentile anxiety negatively impacted me postpartum 
  • How anxiety over my daughter’s weight led to her having temporary feeding aversions 
  • How to manage percentile and weight anxiety
  • What it means to look at the big picture when it comes to weight gain

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