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“Casey Keen has poignantly and bravely described her battle with birth trauma and her postpartum journey. This is a must on the bookshelf of childbearing women. With her beautiful writing style, she eloquently invites the reader into the reality of new motherhood. She masterfully weaves her own personal experience of traumatic birth, postpartum depression, and her postpartum preeclampsia with current research on these devastating disorders. Casey is to be applauded for sharing her story so other women and their families will be aware of often untreated mental illness in new mothers.”
- Dr. Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN
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For Casey Keen, childbirth and pregnancy were marketed as magical, mysterious gifts from which would spring profound beauty and joy—leaving her unprepared for the raw, unvarnished truth about the physical and mental challenges that lay ahead, not only during her pregnancy, but through the crucible of labor and delivery and into the landscape of postpartum life. With honesty, vulnerability, and a touch of humor, Casey, a postpartum women’s advocate, shares her experiences with birth trauma, postpartum depression (PPD), and postpartum anxiety (PPA), offering practical guidance and proposing a series of innovative health care reforms aimed at enhancing the quality of postpartum care, ensuring consistent support, and fostering a more compassionate approach to maternal health. A must-read for expectant mothers, for women who have experienced birth trauma, and for anyone interested in health care, social justice, or women’s studies, The Alchemy of Motherhood is an unflinching exploration of the complexities of childbirth and the crushing disregard of a broken health care system
This powerful memoir will be published in May 2026 by Cynren Press. Available for preorder now!
“As an integrative pediatrician, I’ve watched too many families navigate birth trauma alone; this book gives them the validation and road map they deserve.”
-Joel "Gator" Warsh, MD, MSc
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For distribution inquiries, bulk orders, media requests, or event opportunities related to Alchemy of Motherhood, please reach out directly to my publisher at Cynren Press or contact me at casey@alchemyofmotherhood.com. We’re happy to coordinate bookstore partnerships, speaking engagements, or author events.