The Fourth Trimester - Adjusting to Life With a Newborn - Motherly
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Fourth Trimester

The transition to motherhood is a wild ride. From bleeding to postpartum depression, here’s what you need to know about navigating the fourth trimester.

Daphne Oz is refreshingly candid about her fourth-trimester body

What Oz says about celebrating food + celebrating her body is so perfect.

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We need to talk about postpartum rage—and why it happens

The kind that sneaks up on you and before you know it, you are exploding.

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Dear first-time mama: You don’t have anything to prove

Instead of proving you can do what you did before motherhood, appreciate what you can do *because* of motherhood. 

10 Ways To Find Humor Postpartum

Because infant poop and the pads you wear after birth are funny.

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The rawness of motherhood cracks your heart wide open

These feelings come from the deepest love imaginable, yet can sometimes make me feel like I’m going crazy.

How ‘SMART goals’ got me out of my postpartum funk

The SMART goals became a distraction from the self-loathing that had consumed me for months.

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16 prenatal and postnatal uses for Vitamin E

How and why you should get your dose of vitamin E during pregnancy and beyond.

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8 reasons why our stretch marks make us proud

Stretch marks remind us that we are miracle workers—that we created a human inside of our bodies. WHAT.

3 Ways a Postpartum Doula Can Help

Find out if you should consider hiring a postpartum doula

4th Trimester Truths

Real moms reveal what those first few weeks with a new baby really feel like.

The 4th trimester struggle is real

Everything explodes: your heart with love, your mind with this new reality, and your body with— well, a baby.

Postpartum Picks: Zara Terez

The queen of leggings shares her 7 postpartum fashion picks.

postpartum hair loss: mother with long hair sits on bed with baby

Postpartum hair loss: Why it happens, how to cope with it

5 ways to deal with one of motherhood’s less glam side effects.

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