Ever find yourself recounting your birth story to someone, and then ending it with a laugh and “it doesn’t matter, as long as my baby’s healthy”? Or maybe you’ve been on the receiving end of this story, and you’ve just heard a traumatic story filled with medical gaslighting and interventions bordering on violent, such as forced birth positions or performing procedures without anesthesia or pain meds.

Have you heard the phrase "happy mom, happy baby"? Or has someone ever told you to relax, you're causing the baby to fuss?

There's a moment that a lot of new mothers know. It's maybe week three or four. Your partner has gone back to work. The house is quiet in a way that doesn't feel peaceful. The baby is fed and sleeping, and you are sitting there, exhausted, anxious, and wondering why no one told you it would feel like this.

We all know about the dangers of social media. There’s the unrealistic portrayals, the comparison game, the toxicity of the comments section. But when you are newly postpartum, those 3am Instagram reels are probably one of the worst things you can do to your brain.

Having a baby should be the happiest time of your life, right? After 9-10 long months, several hours of labor, to say nothing of the planning you may have gone through to even get pregnant, your bundle of joy is finally here. But you feel…lonely. Why is that? And why does no one talk about it?