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Most mothers prepare for birth. Almost none prepare for after.
Educating mothers and equipping
healthcare organizations to close the gaps in perinatal care
How I Can Help
For Mothers
Most women enter birth with a hospital bag packed and a playlist ready. What they often don't have is an understanding of what decisions they'll face in that room, what their rights are, or what postpartum actually looks like. That's what these sessions are for. One-on-one education and advocacy covering hospital advocacy, postpartum mental health, and support planning.
For Providers & Organizations
67.9% of pregnancy-related deaths occur postpartum. 80% are preventable. The gap between what women need and what the system provides is an education and systems problem and it's addressable. Staff training, patient education curriculum, and retainer consulting for OB practices, hospital systems, and maternal health organizations.
The Critical Periods of Maternal Health
CDC data shows that most pregnancy-related deaths occur after birth revealing critical gaps in postpartum care.
67.9%
of pregnancy-related deaths occur postpartum (1–365 Days Postpartum), during a period when structured care is often minimal or absent.
80%
of those deaths are preventable with better education, monitoring, and support.
9.5%
occur within the first 6 days home, the most vulnerable window.
37.8%
occur between 43 and 365 days postpartum, long after most care has ended.
The Book & Projects
The Alchemy of Motherhood Book
The Alchemy of Motherhood examines the structural failures of postpartum care, through lived experience, medical research, and the voices of women the system failed. It is part memoir, part investigation, and part call to action.
Published by Cynren Press. Available wherever books are sold.
About Casey
I'm Casey Keen, educator, advocate, and author working to close the gap between what women are told (or not) about birth and postpartum and what they actually face. My work is supported by an MS in Forensic Medicine, a BS in Psychology, and personal experience across postpartum depression/anxiety, birth trauma, and postpartum preeclampsia.
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MS
Forensic Medicine, PCOM
BS
Psychology, Drexel
Author
Author, The Alchemy of Motherhood, Cynren Press, 2026
PEAG
Perinatal Education & Advocacy Group LLC
Casey's work has been published in numerous leading national publications, including:
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