Postpartum Depression Does Not Define You
Hey, beautiful mama. As I glance at you at the park, at the café, pushing the pram down the street, I see you there, but I do not entirely see you.…
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Taking Medication For Depression and Anxiety is Not the Easy Way Out
Medication for a mood disorder is “taking the easy way out”. Those are actual words I have heard in reference to people taking medication to help…
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I Am a Struggling New Mom
I am a new mom. A struggling new mom. Typing that sentence gives me chills. What does it even mean to be a mom? If you asked me that when I was…
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From One Mom With Postpartum Depression to Another
I could spot her a mile away. It was the first time I’d seen her out since after the baby. She was doing all the right things, smiling, nodding,…
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I Fought This Little White Pill
My nightmare-inducing, heart palpitating, fear enveloping anxiety has been at an all-time high since the birth of my newborn. The intrusive thoughts.…
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Postpartum Depression Stole My Joy, But God Gave it Back To Me
I have to admit, watching new moms on my social media feeds and out in public used to fill me with envy. These moms looked so proud and filled to the…
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I Fear Becoming Like My Own Mother
I have been afraid of my mother ever since I was a little girl. She wasn’t outright physically abusive, but she was verbally abusive with a…
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My Husband Asks Why I Cry So Many Nights, But I Just Can’t Tell Him the Truth
It’s beginning again, just like I remember. Tears come uninvited, streaming down my face. My voice rises; my patience with my kids dwindles. It has…
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My Son’s Love is Healing My Broken Parts
I knew motherhood was never going to be easy. I knew the newborn days were going to be exhausting. I knew I was going to be sleep…
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Infertility Stole the Joy of Motherhood
“I’m going to be a mother” was something I avoided saying out loud. Sometimes I dared to think it, but struggling with infertility…
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