http://www.mothering.com/articles/planning-for-postpartum-help-is-not-a-luxury/ The idea of a couple growing a family in isolation is new to human society. What we need, in the absence of our families and tribal support systems, is postpartum doulas. Each of my postpartum experiences was different. For one I was largely dazed and happy, for another I felt upset and overwhelmed, and during oneContinueContinue reading “Planning for Postpartum: Help is Not a Luxury”
Category Archives: Postpartum Recovery
Asking for Help Doesn’t Make You Less of a Parent
http://wellroundedny.com/asking-help-doesnt-make-less-parent-2/ (click link above to read the entire post on wellroundedny.com) A mom of twins explains why she said yes to every offer. I was 40 years old when I got pregnant with my twins. Because of my age, I would have been happy to have one baby. Having two was icing on the cake. IContinueContinue reading “Asking for Help Doesn’t Make You Less of a Parent”
Dear Mothers: We’re Not Meant to “Bounce Back”
http://revolutionfromhome.com/2016/08/we-arent-meant-to-bounce-back-after-babies/ (click link to read the blog post) We’re not meant to “bounce back” after babies. Not physically, not emotionally, and definitelynot spiritually. We’re meant to step forward into more awakened, more attuned, and more powerful versions of ourselves. Motherhood is a sacred, beautiful, honorable evolution, not the shameful shift into a lesser-than state ofContinueContinue reading “Dear Mothers: We’re Not Meant to “Bounce Back””
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