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Perinatal and Postpartum Anxiety: The Sneaky Siblings of Postpartum Depression

It all started with my first pregnancy in 2017. I went alone to our initial ultrasound appointment, expecting a quick, positive report. I even told…

I wish I would have known about all the pressures of motherhood. The ones placed on me by society and the ones I would place on myself. I wish I…

Dear new mama, It’s going to be hard. It is going to be scary. There will be days when you feel you will never be able to make it. You are…

To the one who made me a mother, my first child, thank you. You hold a special place in my heart. It was quieter then. Slower even. You…

“Just you wait mama.” If I could pick one of the things I’m most tired of hearing as a mother, it would be that phrase. Since the day I…

It’s 2 a.m., and I’m tired. He’s been fed, burped, and changed, and is now peacefully asleep on my shoulder. I lay him in his…

Dear Keegan, You were born in the midst of a worldwide emergency. You were born on the day the first death occurred in the United States from…

There’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression with tears falling on my firstborn’s little…

Dear baby, I will protect you with everything that I have. You deserve to come into this world safe and loved and protected. The…

I can’t feel my arm—it’s bent around the headrest behind me to hold your hand as you fall asleep. Your tiny fingers use mine to rub your eyes…