I’m a therapist. I knew all the theory and I still had no idea I was giving birth to myself too. I look at this pic and I want to go back and hold myself. I was so prepared; or at least I thought I was. I was reading the books. I knew the psychology of giving birth. And still, I had absolutely no

I say that with my WHOLE chest. MY first postpartum experience was something I don’t talk about enough, because honestly I’m still unpacking it. I was alone in a way that doesn’t have a clean word for it. My boyfriend (now husband) was traveling constantly for work. He’d always come when the weigh

Why did we ever think postpartum ends at 3 months? 🧐🤔🧐 I believe that standard for the postpartum period of pregnancy came from work culture & maternity leave policies, not biology or TRUTH. Raise your hand if you think maternity leave in majority of America is ghetto🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️ Recovery