self-care wellbeing

Why seasoned moms call the fourth trimester “the hardest love”

Those first 12 weeks after birth bring tidal waves of physical recovery, round-the-clock care and identity shifts. Here is why it feels so hard, and how to make the hardest love gentler on you and your baby.

To the mama struggling with postpartum: It doesn’t make you any less of a mother

Truth is, the postpartum period is hard, and we don’t talk about it enough.

It’s science: You don’t need to shower as much as you think

The CDC states that although frequent bathing has aesthetic and stress-relieving benefits, it serves little microbiologic purpose. So skip that shower, mama.