"I’ve been through this. How am I struggling so much with my second baby? Shouldn’t I have more control of the outcome?"
"'I’m sorry, it sounds like you may just have the baby blues,' were the words that came out of the nurse’s mouth at my OB’s office when I called every day for a week begging for help at one-week postpartum."
"I thought as a mental health professional myself, I would be more aware of what I was going though and of the impact it had on me, but I was so lost, so sucked into the pain and loneliness and suffering, that I couldn't see through the fog."
I amaze myself at what I can accomplish while the clock is ticking.
And when moms return to the office employers will need to be prepared.
The complexity of breastfeeding is what photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor set out to explore in her now-viral portrait series, Milk.
Some people still say moms shouldn't breastfeed in public—so this magazine put it on the cover.
You may experience some bumps along your breastfeeding path. Don’t worry; these…
Our accidentally-and-then-on-purpose extended breastfeeding has proved to be a gift for both of us.
Every newborn moms needs this multitasking tool.
I had no idea what breastfeed aversion was until it happened to me.
"I was listened to. I was recognized and taken seriously."
We all have unique breastfeeding journeys and unexpected problems can pop up along the way.
It is possible to start breastfeeding again, but it requires a large commitment.
It shouldn't take a global pandemic to change the way our country supports women, but since it did, let's hope these changes stick.
The short answer: Yes.
It's a whole other level of physical exertion.
Until I found what helped.
I see your joy when another month passes and you realize you have found the strength to persevere in this journey.