The Isolation of New Parenthood and How to Break Through It
She was rarely alone in the literal sense, a baby attached to her for most of every day. She was also lonelier than she'd ever been in her life, and it took a while to understand those two…
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Postnatal Depletion: Why Some Mothers Don’t Recover for Years
Her daughter turned three, and she still felt like she was running on a reserve tank that never refilled. Everyone told her…
Postpartum Depression: Beyond Baby Blues
The baby blues are supposed to lift within two weeks. When they don't, when the flatness deepens instead, this stops being a…
New Parent Burnout: When Love and Exhaustion Live in the Same Body
You love this baby completely. You are also, simultaneously, running on a kind of empty most burnout research never anticipated having to…
Paternal Postnatal Depression: The Fatherhood Crisis Nobody Talks About
Every appointment centered on his wife and the baby, exactly as it should have. Nobody asked how he was doing. By the…
Postpartum Anxiety: More Common Than Depression and Often Missed
She wasn't sad. She was scanning the crib every eleven minutes to check her son was still breathing. Every screening question she…
Matrescence: The Word Every New Mother Needs to Know
Matrescence is the profound developmental transformation of becoming a mother. It has a name, it has been studied, and understanding it changes…
The Becoming: What Nobody Tells You About Becoming a Parent
Becoming a parent is the most common transformative experience in human life — and one of the least honestly discussed. Here is…