By Zrinka Peters The Postpartum Secret Weapon Ever New Mom Needs
My husband and I have been blessed with six babies over a span of 11 years. Six pregnancies, deliveries and…
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By Rhonda Anderson My Baby Helped Me See How God Creates Beauty From the Ashes of Grief
The phone rang. I needed to answer it. I needed to step away from my wailing newborn for a moment,…
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By Mary Ann Blair 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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By Anneliese Lawton My Second Baby Taught Me to Mother Without Fear
I spent my childhood preparing to be “Mommy.” I played house. I practiced fixing boo-boos. Heck, I even gave birth…
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By Brynn Burger I Couldn’t Breastfeed My Baby but I’m Not a Failure
After publishing an article about breastfeeding, I received a lot of feedback from mothers who were heartbroken. They had tried.…
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By Marlene Fischer A Gift of Love Understood Decades Later
Almost twenty-eight years ago, a few weeks after my first baby passed away (only ten days after his birth) my…
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By Kimberly Poovey My Postpartum Depression Was Hiding in Plain Sight
This is the face of postpartum depression: And this: And this: Postpartum anxiety and depression doesn’t always look like you…
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By Carolyn Moore Pass the placenta? No thanks.
The first time I heard women talk about eating their own placentas, I thought they were kidding. You know the…
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By Erin Lawson To the Mama Who Didn’t “Bounce Back”
After another painful, stressful nursing session, I finally rocked, shushed and willed my four-week-old newborn to sleep. I was exhausted…
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By Jackie Boeheim Postpartum Depression Among Dads Is Very Real
Brooke Shields, Drew Barrymore and Gwenyth Paltrow have all been very open about their struggle with Postpartum Depression. The Mayo…
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By Sara Estabrooks 7 Signs You’re One Sexy Mama
If you identify with any of these things, you're definitely one. sexy. mama. A literal mama. Like, you birthed babies.…
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By Nicole Hastings I Should Have Asked Sooner: The One Thing That Saved Me After Having My Baby
When I first became a mom, to twins no less, I was as prepared as I could have been. I…
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