Motherhood
The birth of my first child, after the maelstrom passed, was a deliverance. It brought me closer to my real self. I have learned how to surrender when I need to. I am learning to live in the rhythm of other lives; I have learned to share my life.
Lucy Jones • Matrescence
One evening, at the Mothers Talking group, I surprised myself by bursting out in frustration: “So at the time women are most likely to suffer from mental illness we isolate them inside, expect them to match unrealistic human ideals, judge their every move, demand they get their body back after the violence of birth, silence their lived experience,
... See moreLucy Jones • Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
https://archive.is/20181123003735/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/memory-and-delusion
A case for delusional mothers
Shirley Jackson

As new and upcoming parents, I can already see that a lot will change but I am not worried. I have enormous trust and respect for our relationship.
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not to Lose Myself in It."
I felt increasingly compelled to figure out the reasons for the continuing lack of authentic respect and support for the invisible work of pregnancy, birthing children and caregiving. Not least because I was finding out first-hand how harmful it could be.
Matrescence, Lucy Jones
Women have internalized our own devaluation. No wonder many women with the privilege of making the choice are choosing not to have children. Child-rearing is arguably the most difficult path possible, a hero’s journey that leads us on harrowing adventures but for which we receive almost no credit.