Without Modern Medicine, Would I Be Here Today?
I wouldn’t be a mother without modern medicine. This has a different meaning for me than you might be guessing. I didn’t face challenges…
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A Traumatic Birth Almost Killed Us, But it Couldn’t Weaken My Love For My Baby
I was 28-weeks pregnant when I started feeling like something wasn’t quite right. Physically I felt fantastic, but I was concerned about my small…
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Good Moms Get Scared, Too
Postpartum anxiety: a different spin on what I thought I was dealing with (postpartum depression). After the birth of my son, I had the baby blues…
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No One Warned Me About These Postpartum Emotions
Don’t worry mama, you’re not crazy. You’re not crazy when you feel overwhelmed by the smallest things, like the prospect of having to change…
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This Post-Baby Body Tells a Story of Survival
What do you get when you add stretch marks, loose skin, an umbilical hernia, and ab separation together? If you guessed “my stomach” you…
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Postpartum is More Than the Clothes Not Fitting
You had a baby! Oh my goodness, you rockstar, you! Soaking up those precious baby smells, listening to beautiful lullabies, and falling deeply in…
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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…
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Postpartum Depression Blindsided Me
There’s no way this is postpartum depression. How could it be? I remember thinking this to myself as I received the diagnosis seven months after my…
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Postpartum Life in Isolation is Hard
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…
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Dear Husband, I Don’t Feel Like “Me” Right Now; Please Love Me Anyway
Dear husband, Hang in there with me. These days are hard, like really hard. We work tirelessly every day to raise our four kids under five.…
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