Journal entries

Second Birth After Trauma – What I Tell Mothers Who Are Terrified to Try Again

Second Birth After Trauma – What I Tell Mothers...

What I'm learning as both an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and a mother considering pregnancy after preeclampsia and emergency C-section The Question That Keeps Me Up at Night There's...

Second Birth After Trauma – What I Tell Mothers...

What I'm learning as both an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and a mother considering pregnancy after preeclampsia and emergency C-section The Question That Keeps Me Up at Night There's...

No One Told Me It Would Feel Like This – The Expectation Gap That's Harming New Mothers

No One Told Me It Would Feel Like This – The Ex...

"I thought I'd be happy. I thought it would be hard, but not like this." In my practice as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I hear these words almost...

No One Told Me It Would Feel Like This – The Ex...

"I thought I'd be happy. I thought it would be hard, but not like this." In my practice as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I hear these words almost...

"I Must Have Done Something Wrong" – How Hypnobirthing Culture Hurts C-Section Mothers

"I Must Have Done Something Wrong" – How Hypnob...

"If I'd just trusted my body more, it wouldn't have happened." This is the thought pattern I see in almost every mother who comes to me after needing a C-section—especially...

"I Must Have Done Something Wrong" – How Hypnob...

"If I'd just trusted my body more, it wouldn't have happened." This is the thought pattern I see in almost every mother who comes to me after needing a C-section—especially...

No One Asked How I Was Doing (And That's Not an Accident)

No One Asked How I Was Doing (And That's Not an...

There's a term for what happens after you give birth: "maternal transparency." Everyone asks about the baby. Almost no one asks about you. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker...

No One Asked How I Was Doing (And That's Not an...

There's a term for what happens after you give birth: "maternal transparency." Everyone asks about the baby. Almost no one asks about you. As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker...

When Your Birth Plan Falls Apart (And No One Tells You That's Normal)

When Your Birth Plan Falls Apart (And No One Te...

You can have a "healthy baby" and still feel like something broke inside you. That's what no one prepares you for when your birth plan falls apart. As an Accredited...

When Your Birth Plan Falls Apart (And No One Te...

You can have a "healthy baby" and still feel like something broke inside you. That's what no one prepares you for when your birth plan falls apart. As an Accredited...