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Parenting
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Why Returning to Work After a Baby Is Harder Than We Talk About

Returning to work after having a baby requires complete renegotiation of identity and role, with long-term impacts on maternal well-being despite being understudied in research.
Parenting
fromNew York Family
1 month ago

Matrescence: How to Reclaim Your Identity After Motherhood

Matrescence transforms women into mothers, altering identity, body, emotions, and priorities; recovery requires boundaries, self-rediscovery, help, and self-compassion.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Pregnancy after loss has shown me that love doesn't end it just changes shape | Lauren Farrugia

Pregnancy after loss is full of contradictions. It is hope that feels cautious, like it might dissolve if you breathe too hard. It is learning to live again inside a body that remembers grief. I am now officially in my third trimester, and each day brings small signs of life: a flutter, a roll, a hiccup, the steady rhythm of his heart.
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