Pregnancy and birth · Mother-to-be, or a new mother
Topics that may interest you
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Closest to you
- New-Mother Worry: When You Keep Checking If the Baby Is BreathingGetting up again and again to check the baby, afraid of everything: why most new-mother worry is ordinary, how to calm it, and the signs that mean it is time to talk to a doctor.
- Pregnant and on Your Own: A Plan for the Single Mother-to-BeExpecting a baby without a partner: the fear of the birth and the months after, the grief of a shared experience you won't have, and how to build your own birth team and plan before the baby comes.
- Postpartum Depression or Baby Blues? The Signs, and What Her Husband and Family Can DoFeeling low after the birth can be normal, or it can be postnatal depression. How to tell the baby blues from something that needs help, the official signs, and what a husband and family can actually do.
- Mom Guilt: Why Do I Feel Like a Bad Parent Every Night?A letter to the mother who lies awake listing everything she did wrong today. Where that guilt may come from, why you are asked to do your role and not to be perfect, and how to turn guilt into something more useful.
- Parental Burnout: When You Are Running on EmptyParental burnout is more than being tired. What it may look like, why it can happen to loving parents, and what may help, without a quiz that labels you.
- ADHD Mom Rage: What the Snap at Bedtime Is CarryingSome mothers who live with ADHD, or suspect it, describe sudden anger at the end of the day. A reflective look at what the bedtime snap may be carrying, and how to come back from it.
- Mom Says No, Dad Says Yes: When a Child Plays Parents Against Each OtherYour child asks one parent, gets a no, then asks the other and gets a yes. Why children learn to work the gap between parents, why a shifting boundary feels like weather, and two sentences that close the gap without a fight.
- Single Mom Raising Kids Alone: Your Role, Not PerfectionFor the single mother raising children alone under pressure: you are asked to do your role, not to succeed at everything. How to share the house with your children, stop the guilt, and hold the line when you are tired.
Brothers and sisters
The two of you
You, the parent
- Scared of Becoming a Parent? What That Fear Is Often AboutFear before a first baby is common, and it often carries something worth listening to. A reflective look at what the fear may be about, and when it needs more than reflection.
- Mood Swings in Pregnancy: What Is Common and When to Call Your DoctorTears one hour, irritation the next. Questions people often ask about mood changes in pregnancy, with the warning signs quoted from official health sources.
Hard times and big changes
- Why Does My Newborn Cry All the Time? It Isn't FailureA newborn who cries day and night can make a new mother feel she is failing. Why crying is normal, what a baby is discovering, when crying usually peaks, and the few signs that mean call a doctor.
- The First Year Is a Job for Two: The Father's Part With a NewbornOne person alone with a baby who cries all day will break. What a father actually does in the first year: taking turns, changing the place, sleep shifts, and looking back together each week.
- After Birth: Your Return Is Not a RaceAfter a baby, many mothers feel pressure to get their body and their old life back fast. Why your return is not a test, the questions to take to your doctor or midwife first, and four things your return may really need.