When my closest friends were having babies, I was just getting married. I was pretty clueless about most things regarding the postpartum period and since the last baby to be born in my family was my 22-year-old sister, I knew even less about babies. I hadn’t a clue as to ways to support a new…
Having a new baby can be a very challenging time for some mothers and their families. Mom may be healing from surgery or a difficult birth. The partner may not be able to take any time off work, or maybe he travels a lot. Some families don’t live in the same area as their…
Postpartum mothers need support, especially in a culture that unrealistically expects women to bounce back so quickly after giving birth. As a society, we can be so hard on new mothers. Culturally, new moms often receive messages that there is shame in needing help. This is a huge shift from 100 years ago when…
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