Everyone left such great comments on the PPD post. I started to address you all in a comment myself, but realized I had more to say than a quick blurb. What each of you said really resonated with me in different ways and has helped tremendously – and has also inspired more writing – which [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new mom’
Like a Punch in the Stomach. For 6 months.
Someone posed the question on Twitter the other day, “Anyone have any child rearing myths they want to share?” Hell yeah! What a great question! I immediately hit reply and put my fingers on the keyboard, all excited and ready to share. But I didn’t know where to start. So I started with, “Don’t worry, [...]
Perinatal Mental Health Study
The first few weeks months after Oscar was born, I was f*cked up. F*cked. Up. I had no idea whatsoever what I was doing. I was in almost unbearable physical pain. I didn’t have, not even close, the support I truly needed. I was adjusting, and too slowly, to life with a new addition (ok, [...]
It’s all about me.
Now that Oscar is almost one year old, I’m ready to start doing things for myself again. *GASP* The first year of his life, well, it was all about him. And rightly so. I mean, of COURSE it’s all about him, but what I’m trying to get at is that various choices and decisions we [...]
I’m all for change… as long as it doesn’t affect me.
A new friend and I were chatting one night about being new moms. One thing she said that stuck with me was, ”You’ll be SO afraid to try anything different”. I didn’t understand at the time. AT ALL. I mean not whatsoever. But I filed it away for future reference. I just knew that it would make sense someday. [...]
