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Meet Casey Keen, MS
MS, Forensic Medicine · BA, Psychology · Author, The Alchemy of Motherhood
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Founder of Perinatal Education & Advocacy LLC, partnering with mothers and healthcare organizations to strengthen maternal education, improve patient experience, and close persistent gaps across pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
Education & Expertise
Academic Foundation
MS Forensic Medicine, PCOM
BA Psychology, Drexel
My academic background spans medical investigation, pathophysiology, healthcare systems analysis, and behavioral science disciplines that inform everything I do in maternal health education and advocacy.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Through Perinatal Education & Advocacy LLC, I work with mothers and healthcare organizations to strengthen education, improve preparedness, and address persistent gaps across birth and postpartum care.
Research &
Author
I am the author of The Alchemy of Motherhood, published by Cynren Press in May 2026. My book examines structural failures in postpartum healthcare through both personal experience and research. My work has been featured in Undark, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Midst, and Authority Magazine.
Lived Patient Perspective
Personal experience with an unplanned C-section, birth trauma, postpartum preeclampsia, postpartum depression and anxiety, and gaps in maternity care.
Media & Recognition
Where This Work Comes From
My story didn't start with a business. It started in postpartum.
After an unplanned c-section, I experienced birth trauma, missed postpartum preeclampsia, and undiagnosed postpartum depression and anxiety, none of which I had been prepared for. What I walked into after birth wasn't recovery, rather, it was confusion, fear, and a medical system that had already moved on.
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During pregnancy, everything was monitored. After birth, that structure disappeared. I was sent home with a body that had been through trauma, a nervous system in overdrive, and questions that had no answers. The six-week checkup came too late for my acute physical complications and too early for my mental health struggles. Between those two windows, in the days and weeks when things were actually going wrong, there was no follow-up, no framework, and no one telling me what to watch for or when to be scared.
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What happened to me wasn’t only a gap in my individual care, it reflected larger weaknesses in how postpartum care is structured.
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For decades, postpartum care in the United States centered heavily on a single visit, six weeks after delivery. Physical complications may emerge within days, while postpartum depression, anxiety, birth trauma, cardiovascular concerns, and other challenges can develop or persist for months or years. A single appointment cannot adequately address every dimension of postpartum recovery.
ACOG now recommends postpartum care as an ongoing process rather than one isolated visit. Many mothers still encounter long gaps in monitoring, education, and support after leaving the hospital. CDC data shows that 67.9% of pregnancy-related deaths occur after the day of delivery, and more than 80% are considered preventable. These numbers demonstrate the need for stronger recognition, communication, monitoring, access, and continuity of care.
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I bring together my lived experience with postpartum depression and anxiety, postpartum preeclampsia, birth trauma, and gaps in maternity care with academic training in medical science and psychology. My education is evidence-informed, practical, and grounded in what mothers actually experience. I share what I wish I had known, what was missed in my care, and what current research says is needed.
What I Do
Meet Our Founder
Casey Keen
Founder, Writer, Advocate
