You’re not losing yourself.You’re becoming a mother.
A 7-module mental health program for women navigating the anxiety, identity shifts, relationship changes, and emotional terrain of pregnancy. Clinician-built, research-grounded, and honest about the mental health layer most prenatal care skips entirely.
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Becoming, our postpartum program, opens on its own two weeks before your due date — one journey from pregnancy through the months after.
You feel anxious in ways you can’t fully explain — and you’re not sure if it’s normal or something to take seriously.
Your identity is shifting beneath you. You’re becoming someone new, and no one prepared you for the grief that comes with that.
You’re managing everyone else’s feelings about your pregnancy — your partner’s excitement, your family’s opinions, your doctor’s checklists — while barely tending to your own.
Sleep is different. Your mind won’t quiet. Your body is doing something enormous, and you’re supposed to feel grateful, but it’s hard.
You’re excited. You’re also terrified. And holding both at the same time is more exhausting than anyone tells you.
Birth is coming and instead of feeling ready, you feel underprepared in a way none of the baby books address.
You’re carrying a history — a loss, a treatment, a difficult road — and this pregnancy lives alongside all of it.
You want to be present for this. You’re struggling to get there.
None of this makes you a bad mother. All of it makes you a human being going through one of the most significant neurological and identity events of your life — without enough support.
pregnant women experience prenatal depression — making pregnancy the most common time for a woman’s first depressive episode.
of pregnant women experience prenatal anxiety severe enough to interfere with daily life, sleep, and relationships. Most are never screened for it.
of women experience tokophobia — fear of childbirth severe enough to cause avoidance, trauma, or significant distress. It is treatable. And underrecognized.
Your brain is literally restructuring during pregnancy — gray matter reorganization documented in peer-reviewed research (Hoekzema et al., 2017). What feels like anxiety, fog, or identity confusion is, in part, your brain adapting for the most important relationship of your life. We teach you to understand it, not fight it.
Pregnancy changes your stress response at a neurological level. We trace the hormonal cascade — estrogen, progesterone, oxytocin, cortisol — and give you regulation tools designed for your pregnant nervous system, not a generic mindfulness script.
The identity shift of becoming a mother is one of the most significant a woman undergoes. We draw on the research of Alexandra Sacks and narrative therapy to help you hold grief and becoming at the same time — not choose between them.
Module 6 was written specifically for high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy after loss, and complicated joy. You don’t have to filter your experience to fit a program that assumes straightforward.
The neuroscience your prenatal appointments skip — how pregnancy reshapes the brain at the neurological level, what the hormonal cascade actually does to mood and anxiety, and why what you're feeling is your brain adapting, not failing. Includes CBT foundations for managing anxious thoughts.
Prenatal anxiety affects 1 in 4 pregnant women — and most of it goes unrecognized. We name what's happening, distinguish helpful worry from rumination, and give you 3-5 somatic regulation tools built specifically for the pregnant nervous system. Includes an ACT-based worry inventory worksheet.
Matrescence — the identity reorganization of becoming a mother — is one of the largest transitions a woman undergoes. We draw on the research of Alexandra Sacks to help you hold grief and becoming simultaneously, explore your changing sense of self, and build a motherhood identity that doesn't erase who you are.
Pregnancy changes partnership dynamics, family relationships, and intimacy in ways that surprise almost everyone. Gottman Method frameworks for bids for connection, Nonviolent Communication scripts for expressing needs, and honest tools for setting boundaries with everyone who has opinions about your pregnancy.
Birth anxiety is real, common, and treatable. We address the fear of birth, pain management options, and what it actually means to have agency in the delivery room. Includes a birth preferences document template centered on your emotional safety — and a guided visualization meditation to prepare your nervous system.
For high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy after loss or infertility, complicated joy, and NICU preparation. We apply the dual-process grief model to holding hope and fear simultaneously, address intrusive thoughts and catastrophizing, and help you build the specific support system your pregnancy requires. You don't have to fit the standard mold.
Social support is the single strongest protective factor against postpartum depression — and most women don't build it until they're already struggling. We map your support system, close the gaps, and create a postpartum mental health safety plan that includes warning signs, who to call, and how to ask for specific help before you need it.
All seven modules unlock the moment you enroll — work at whatever pace this season allows.
“To arrive at the other side of pregnancy knowing yourself better than when you started.”
Most prenatal care focuses entirely on the physical. Expecting is the mental health layer — the tools, the frameworks, and the honest conversations that prepare you not just for birth, but for everything after.
6–8 minutes each, filmed by Amy direct-to-camera with warmth and clinical depth. Work through them at whatever pace this trimester allows.
Somatic and mindfulness practices adapted specifically for the pregnant body — body scans, progressive muscle relaxation, loving-kindness, and a birth visualization. Not generic wellness audio.
Three structured prompts per module to process what you're learning at depth. Worksheets are practical tools you'll use in the moment, not homework.
Dedicated content for the people around you in every module — because your pregnancy affects them too, and they need real guidance on how to support without overstepping.
Module 7 builds your plan before you need it — who to call, what warning signs to watch for, and what specific support looks like for you in the fourth trimester.
You'll have access to all content while your subscription is active. Cancel when you're ready — and re-subscribe for $49/month if a new season brings new need.
Expecting was developed by Mamaya Health’s clinical team — licensed therapists, perinatal mental health specialists (PMH-C), and providers who work daily with women in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Every module is grounded in peer-reviewed perinatal psychology research, ACOG guidelines, and evidence-based therapeutic frameworks including CBT, ACT, somatic experiencing, and IFS.
This isn’t a substitute for therapy or medical care. If you’re in crisis or need a licensed perinatal clinician, we can match you one-on-one — start intake here.
Peer-led support groups are free and open to everyone — no program enrollment required. Our moderated online community is available to clients enrolled in any Mamaya program or support group, a place to be understood between and beyond your sessions.
Browse the free support groupsInstant access to all modules, guided meditations, and workbook PDFs. Work at your own pace.
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If you’re in active crisis, or if what you need is one-on-one care with a perinatal mental health specialist, start there.
