What My Therapist Brain Knew About Motherhood—and What It Totally Didn’t
As a licensed mental health counselor, I thought I was ready for motherhood. I knew about postpartum anxiety. I knew…
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By Heather Congrove Everything Changes When Your Baby Is Born
It is amazing—the transformation a woman goes through during pregnancy. Each day upon waking, she must adjust to a different…
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By Shara-Rae Jansen Why I Won’t Tell You About the Hard Parts of Motherhood
I gasp and aww as you share the news of discovering the pink double lines on the pregnancy test. I wrap…
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I Promise To Remember When it Was Just Us
Dear firstborn, I promise to remember you are still my baby. When your baby brother is born and you suddenly…
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By Chelsey McCarthy This Isn’t How I Pictured Your First Year of Life
Your first year of life hasn’t at all been what I had imagined, I’ve said it a hundred times. I…
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By Audra Powers Dear Mom, Thanks For Helping Me Go From Daughter to Mother
I hear the familiar ringtone coming from my computer. My daughter knows it, too. “Mimmie!” she shouts. Her grandparents live…
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By Belindi Joubert Don’t Be Offended if the New Mama Doesn’t Hand Over Her Baby
Preparing your heart and home for baby's arrival is a big deal. Setting up a nursery, buying everything a baby…
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By Samantha Siegworth To the Budding Mother, You Are Beautiful
“You look so beautiful,” my husband gently whispered as I got dressed in the few pajamas that are fitting me…
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By Amy Weatherly To the Soon-to-Be Momma: Get Ready
As I am waiting and waiting (and waiting) for my name to be called at my OB/GYN appointment (calm down,…
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