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To the Struggling Postpartum Mother, I See You

Hey sister, I see you. Holding your precious new baby, tears of awe and terror streaming down your face. I see you, wondering how on earth you got…

My hands are blood-red as I turn the water as hot as I can stand and pump out what’s left of the soap. I’m here at the sink again frantically…

Hyperemesis gravidarum. That’s what the doctor calls it. Severe morning sickness. That’s what I’ll tell you when you ask me what the heck that…

I used to be fit and thin, but then I became a mom. I used to go running for the fun of it, often spur of the moment with my favorite tunes playing…

To all the other mama bears struggling with postpartum mood disorders, I want to let you know that it really, truly, absolutely is OK to NOT be…

What if we saw children sleeping on us as a positive? What if we viewed the babies who refuse to go down to nap as a sign that we need to slow down?…

After my boys were born, there were appointments. To check their latch. To check their weight. To check their hearing. To check the color of their…

My husband and I have been blessed with six babies over a span of 11 years. Six pregnancies, deliveries and postpartum recoveries. It occurred to me…

The phone rang. I needed to answer it. I needed to step away from my wailing newborn for a moment, just a moment. She was safely tucked into her…

When I left the hospital after my second son was born, I didn’t understand how I had just birthed a 10-pound baby but the scale only showed I was…