"No One Really Prepares You for the Kind of Math When 1+1=3 "
Babies are beautiful, magical little agents of complete chaos. The highs are high, but the lows can be very, very low. It might be not something you think about, but a few examples:
Medical complications for either mother or baby – you can’t plan what happens in these situations and mothers may need more support at home.
Mothers facing mental healt... See more
Medical complications for either mother or baby – you can’t plan what happens in these situations and mothers may need more support at home.
Mothers facing mental healt... See more
Rachel Carrell • Paternity leave in the UK: time for a change + free policy template
How had I bifurcated into two seemingly separate beings? One who was nurturing my son—reading, connecting, present, an earth mother, dare I say goddess?—and the other a being you might call the “real me,” stewing and chewing on my own problems, mentally unmoored from the moment.
Jessi Klein • I'll Show Myself Out
My thesaurus lists dozens of synonyms for “depression,” “love,” and even “tedium” but has no word for the state of boredom, alienation, and adoration induced by playing a game with a one-year-old, or the after-hours cocktail of exhaustion, fury, and addled romance served up by night waking.