Dear Mama, To Me You Are Perfect
You may not love it, Mama, but I do. I see the way you look at yourself in the mirror, Mama. I hear you complain to Daddy that you have “huge…
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To the Mama Sitting in the NICU: Hold On
Imagine for a second . . . you’re 30 weeks pregnant. One minute you’re walking into a routine OB appointment, and the next minute you’re being…
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I’m a New Mom, Let Me Cry These Tears
I sit on the hospital bed as a new mother, which I became in mere seconds, to a perfectly healthy baby. The river running down my face must mean…
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Dear Mom, I’ll Always Be Your Baby…Even When I Have My Own
Dear Mom, Today I came home from the hospital with my brand-new baby boy. As my weak postpartum body hobbled in the front door, there you were,…
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Battling the Darkness of Postpartum Depression
I felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping on my chest, I felt it creeping in. Instead of…
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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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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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They Said I’d Bounced Back, But I Felt Absolutely Awful
The first remark came two days after my daughter was born, as we stopped at the receptionist’s desk in the pediatrician’s office to make her…
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Admire the Baby, But Don’t Forget to Nurture the Mother
“When can I come see the baby?” A question new moms might hear over and over. At least at first. Sometimes before she has left the…
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Watch the Postpartum Video That’s So Real it Hurts
Ahh, having a baby. That glorious, sacred beauty of ushering new life into the world, when the miracle your body nurtured for nine months slips into…
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