Mom opens up about taking psychedelics while pregnant, breastfeeding to ‘address’ issues

A microdosing mom who took psychedelic mushrooms while pregnant and breastfeeding says it has fixed her “more patience” arsenic a parent.

Mikaela de la Myco, 31, began ingesting psylocibin mushrooms – a type of hallucinogenic mushroom – 4 months into her gestation pinch her son, aged five.

Following battles pinch intoxicant addiction, ingesting mushrooms was a measurement for Mikaela “to address” her issues earlier her boy was born.

Microdosing is nan believe of taking mini doses of psychedelic substances pinch the purpose of improving intelligence well-being and cognitive function.

Mikaela continues to microdose, ingesting mushrooms successful a “variety of forms” including capsules, chocolate, full dried shape and successful tea.

She believes location is simply a “stigma” placed connected moms who ingest mushrooms but they tin beryllium a “catalyst” for changes successful behavior.

Mikaela, an pedagogue and people herbalist, from San Diego, California, said: “Like galore mothers I had a narration pinch psylocibin mushrooms earlier I became pregnant and it was tremendously supportive successful galore areas of my life.

“I sought to consult pinch others connected nan taxable and was capable to person accusation from an elder who expressed to maine that successful her contented they ingest while pregnant and that nan narration that mothers person pinch mushrooms doesn’t break conscionable because of pregnancy.

“I had immoderate concerns successful gestation – specifically my narration and addiction to intoxicant that I wanted to reside pinch microdosing because I didn’t want to transportation connected my alcoholism acquisition successful my ain family to my child.

“That was nan information and not only did I ingest mini doses passim my gestation capsules but I ingested 1 ample dose successful nan 3rd trimester.

“It has a affirmative use to my parenting style.

“I person much empathy to my kid and much patience.

“If I make a correction arsenic a genitor I tin ingest mushrooms and really see my actions and effect and we recovered that was very akin amongst mothers successful nan research”.

Mikaela shared really she turned to intoxicant successful her precocious teens and early twenties “as a societal support” owed to her societal anxiety.

Mikaela consulted an elder successful indigenous ceremonial and acquisition organization called Getting to nan Root, centring school fewer years aft falling pregnant who gave her “verbal confirmation” to usage psychedelics.

The mom-of-one decided to transportation connected taking mushrooms aft giving commencement – erstwhile she started struggling pinch post-partum depression.

Mikaela said: “I gave commencement to a patient boy astatine location unmedicated and he’s going to beryllium six successful November.

“I’m very grateful for nan lives we person together and moreover pinch nan support of nan mushrooms I had during my pregnancy, aft commencement I started emotion nan onset of post-partum worry and slump and discomfort.

“And truthful astatine 5 weeks post-partum I ingested different sizeable dose of psylocibin and person continued to microdose passim motherhood and proceed to person a narration pinch mushrooms today.

“Now mostly I’ll person a larger dose – a gram to 3 grams each 4 months – and smaller doses doubly a period arsenic needed.

“I consciousness for illustration I don’t request it arsenic often arsenic I did during erstwhile I had symptoms”.

Mikaela says microdosing mushrooms has helped pinch parenting, worry and slump “in tandem pinch different support practices” that has made them much effective.

She said: “I retrieve going retired to a section parkland pinch my boy and alternatively of conscionable sitting down connected my telephone to get a break I was really wanting to participate pinch him and beryllium childlike pinch him.

“There person been moments wherever I’ve wanted to cheque retired and popular him successful beforehand of nan TV and return a break but it allowed maine to consciousness adjacent to him and has fixed maine nan stamina and productivity to play pinch him effectively.”

Mikaela has since group up nan investigation task Mothers of nan Mushroom and has conducted investigation pinch complete 400 mothers who ingested mushrooms during gestation and beyond.

Results showed each babies were calved patient pinch nary reported fatalities – pinch mothers sharing benefits to their intelligence health, parenting and individual well-being.

Mikaela’s investigation was published February 2025 aft her ain commencement successful November 2019 to her son.

In Britain magic mushrooms stay Class A nether nan Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Despite aesculapian trials, they are still officially considered to person nary therapeutic use.

ONS figures show usage has accrued 160% successful 5 years – from 100,000 Brits successful 2020 to 260,000 past year.

A Frontiers successful Psychiatry study revealed 7 successful 10 exclusive microdosers are female.

Mikaela explains location are still “challenges” erstwhile ingesting mushrooms.

“The sensation tin beryllium very overwhelming if nan dosage is not right,” she says.

“There is simply a hostility betwixt nan mother being capable to attraction connected herself and nan demands placed upon them.

“There is simply a fearfulness of kid endangerment and galore mothers do not study taking them to attraction providers, therapists, doctors and caregiver aliases successful divorcement proceedings successful fearfulness they will person their children removed from their care.

“Adding mushroom to a life will not alteration it dramatically.

“The mushroom is supported by adjuvant practices, organization support and changes successful behaviour.

“The short of it is microdosing for others is not nan metallic slug but tin beryllium a catalyst for different change.

“It tin supply chemic support for group who different wouldn’t beryllium capable to scope those places pinch supportive practices alone”.

Mikaela hopes her adjacent steps will beryllium getting published successful an world journal.

There is grounds to propose microdosing mushrooms tin person a antagonistic effect connected person.

Dr Paul Keedwell, chap of nan Royal College of Psychiatrists, said: “While immoderate intelligibly use from microdosing psilocybin, investigation shows that nan effects connected temper are mixed, pinch immoderate group emotion worse.

“While galore users study emotion brighter aliases much focused connected “dose days,” nan champion placebo-controlled studies find that these effects are usually short-lived and mostly driven by anticipation alternatively than chemistry.

“In contrast, a number acquisition nan opposite—heightened anxiety, restlessness aliases insomnia—especially those who are people anxious, sleep-sensitive, aliases edging towards higher doses.

“Scientists now deliberation that microdosing produces only subtle changes successful arousal, which tin consciousness calming aliases unsettling depending connected nan personification and nan context.

“By comparison, full-dose psychedelic-assisted therapy delivered pinch master psychological support shows acold stronger objective signals for slump and end-of-life anxiety, but it is simply a very different involution altogether”.