Postpartum and the Pressure to ‘Bounce Back’ – An Honest Note
Six weeks after Theo was born, someone asked me if I was “back to normal yet.” I was standing in my kitchen in leggings I’d worn three days running, holding a baby … Read more
Six weeks after Theo was born, someone asked me if I was “back to normal yet.” I was standing in my kitchen in leggings I’d worn three days running, holding a baby … Read more
There’s a specific kind of bravery it takes to walk into a crowded Brooklyn cafĂ© with a stroller the size of a small car. The doorway is always six inches too narrow. … Read more
Nobody warned me that the hardest part of the newborn months wouldn’t be the crying, or the diapers, or even the feeding. It would be the specific, disorienting loneliness of being awake … Read more