Bonding with Baby: What to Do If the Connection Isn’t Immediate We’ve all heard so much about childbirth and taking care of a baby that we already have an idea of what things are supposed to look like. One of these things is bonding with our baby. Do you think...
How Can You Tell If You’re Experiencing Postpartum Anxiety? Becoming a parent is a wonderful experience, but it can be pretty stressful at times. After all, you’ve got a child that depends on you now, and that’s a big responsibility. It doesn’t matter if you’re the...
How to Cope with Anxiety About Bringing a Child into a Violent World Watching the news can be quite distressing these days. There’s always something going on that makes us look at the world around us with fear and anxiety. It can make us wonder whether bringing a...
What is Postpartum Depression and Why Does it Happen You might have heard of baby blues before: feeling a little down for a few days after delivering a baby. You might be aware it’s fairly common, but the feelings go away in a couple of weeks and everything is okay...
4 Lies We Tell Ourselves as New Moms (and How to Navigate Motherhood Without Them) Raising children can be an emotional experience, and we often tell ourselves some pretty big lies along the way about what motherhood “should” be like. As new moms, we...
What Does Postpartum Anxiety Look Like? It’s normal to worry about your baby when they’ve just been born. They’re so small and they depend on you, so it’s only normal to feel some level of concern. That’s a big responsibility to carry. But sometimes that worry becomes...
