Expecting parents often feel a mix of excitement and anxiety as they anticipate the arrival of their new baby. This transformative journey marks a significant life change, one filled with joyous anticipation and the understandable nerves that come with the unknown.
Becoming a parent is a beautiful and transformative experience, filled with moments of joy, love, and wonder. However, it also comes with its fair share of challenges, one of the most common being sleep deprivation.
I hate being a mom. Okay, okay, I don’t hate it… at least, not all of the time. Let me explain. Motherhood was always presented to me as a journey of love, joy, fulfillment, road trips where my kids roll their eyes at me, and lots of bad art. But what no one told me is that this road trip has road closures and detours that require challenges and sacrifices that I wasn’t fully prepared for!
As we celebrate the diversity of family structures, it’s essential to recognize and embrace the unique experiences that individuals and couples go through during the postpartum period. If you were assigned female at birth and are having a baby, but aren’t the pregnant one, you may be interested in learning more about induced lactation. This is the process of having your body produce milk without being pregnant.
I consider myself a recovering perfectionist, and 7 years ago I was a bit less of the “recovering” part. I started my pregnancy voraciously reading everything I could get my hands on. In my voracious reading, I collected really good nuggets of parenting advice that really helped and changed me.