Dear Baby Weight, I’m Just Not That Into You
When I left the hospital after my second son was born, I didn’t understand how I had just birthed a…
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When I left the hospital after my second son was born, I didn’t understand how I had just birthed a…
Continue ReadingI spent my childhood preparing to be “Mommy.” I played house. I practiced fixing boo-boos. Heck, I even gave birth…
Continue ReadingAfter publishing an article about breastfeeding, I received a lot of feedback from mothers who were heartbroken. They had tried.…
Continue ReadingAlmost twenty-eight years ago, a few weeks after my first baby passed away (only ten days after his birth) my…
Continue ReadingThis is the face of postpartum depression: And this: And this: Postpartum anxiety and depression doesn’t always look like you…
Continue ReadingThe first time I heard women talk about eating their own placentas, I thought they were kidding. You know the…
Continue ReadingAfter another painful, stressful nursing session, I finally rocked, shushed and willed my four-week-old newborn to sleep. I was exhausted…
Continue ReadingBrooke Shields, Drew Barrymore and Gwenyth Paltrow have all been very open about their struggle with Postpartum Depression. The Mayo…
Continue ReadingIf you identify with any of these things, you're definitely one. sexy. mama. A literal mama. Like, you birthed babies.…
Continue ReadingWhen I first became a mom, to twins no less, I was as prepared as I could have been. I…
Continue ReadingRecently I wrote an article titled Postpartum Depression: 5 Things to Save a Life. Your responses were impactful: “I’m embarrassed…
Continue ReadingAs women, we all deal with extensive body issues. I know, I just blurted out that lingering elephant in the…
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