“We tend to put more focus on the baby than the mother. I’m convinced this is why postpartum depression exists to the extent it does.”
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“We tend to put more focus on the baby than the mother. I’m convinced this is why postpartum depression exists to the extent it does.”
“I was never the woman who saw her baby on the screen and fell rapturously in love. I figured it would come once we met in person. It didn’t. And I felt terrified and ashamed. What mother doesn’t love their child at first sight?!”
“I think the most beautiful thing about pregnancy and miscarriage is that each experience is unique. Whatever you’re feeling and experiencing, it’s okay. Your feelings, thoughts, and emotions are valid.”
“Without much explanation, the doctor headed back to her office to look over the measurements, leaving me to delve into Google. Without enough info, full of fear and armed with nothing but shock and anxiety, I stumbled upon scary statistics, a lack of information and words that seemed jumbled on the page.”
“I had my 20-week anatomy scan. This is always my favorite appointment, where the sonographer details every portion of the growing baby, and I go home to put a perfect sonogram photo on the fridge. This appointment was different.”
“‘Here we go,’ she texted me, with a photo of her in a hospital gown, lovely and tired. I felt ever so vividly where she was.”
“Not only did Rebecca have Down Syndrome, but she also had 2 holes in her heart and a fissure.”
“I later learned he had a pattern of doing this to mothers. It’s unfortunately a very real reality for mothers of chronically ill children.”
“I nearly gave up. I was tired of tricking my body into thinking it might be pregnant. This would be our last attempt.”
“Two days after the ultrasound, I passed a large clot while at work. I was sure I was miscarrying. All those memories flooded back and I was a bawling mess. We waited the dreaded week to confirm what we knew. Little did we know they would quickly say, ‘There’s your baby.'”