The postpartum period can feel overwhelming in ways you never expected. Between sleepless nights, physical recovery, and adjusting to life with a baby, it's common to feel like you're drowning.
Naturally, changes in the forecast can set off anxiety. Many people find heat waves, endless weeks of gray skies, snowstorms, and long periods of rain unpleasant.
Perinatal depression can be emotionally devastating. The symptoms can crop up towards the end of the third trimester.
Mothers can have vastly different experiences giving birth. Many are not fully prepared for everything that will occur once they go into labor, or the lasting impact of the experience.
Today, parenting can feel relentless. On top of the typical demands of raising children, you’re constantly exposed to “picture-perfect” images of parenthood on social media.