By Chelsea Skaggs, Postpartum Coach Motherhood introduces a multitude of transformations, both emotionally and physically. One of the significant shifts you’ll experience post-birth involves hormonal changes that may feel overwhelming….
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Sex After Birth: When & How to Approach Postpartum Sex
A lot of women find themselves confused and feeling isolated when it comes to the conversation of sex after baby. Who can you talk to about sex when you’re a new mom? Can you bring it up at playgroup or with your friends? Women feel like they should be ready, even if they aren’t. This leaves new moms wondering if they’ve done something wrong, if their body is “broken” or if they are disappointing their partner.
How to Work through the Mom Identity Crisis and Feel Like Yourself
Momma, today you are in the midst of your matrescence. Whether you became a mother a day, a week, a month or a year ago, you are in your transition. You look different. You feel different.
Mom Guilt: Why it’s Bullsh*t and How to Give it the Middle Finger
When you bring up the term “mom guilt” women will open up about their story: Working mom guilt, stay at home mom guilt, single mom guilt, daycare guilt, household guilt. There are so many things we can feel guilty about as new moms.
Today we’re talking more about this guilt, where it comes from and how we can work to overcome mom guilt so that we can be more present and confident in motherhood.
Postpartum Emotions: The Changes and Feelings to Expect as a New Mom
This is a time that is full of transformation for a woman and yet we so often hear “Oh, she’s just so emotional.” Or we even say it ourselves “Don’t mind me, I’m just emotional.” While there is some jest in the extremities we can experience, it doesn’t change the reality that these emotions are a biological response and are often telling us something important.