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The Top 5 Lies About Baby Bliss (Newborn Edition)

Kim Simon | Posted 05.08.2013 | Parents
Read More: Parenting-Newborns, Newborn Babies, Parents-Newborns, Baby, New Moms, Post-Partum, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Kim Simon

No one ever tells you that the first six months of motherhood ain't that hot. Mothering a newborn is epic. Life-changing, poetic, falling-in-love, completely enamored, EPIC. But as wonderful as your sweet baby is, YOU my friend, are about to experience some EPIC changes of your own.

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On Discovering Your Versions Of Happy

Maggie Lyon | Posted 04.07.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Children, Grace, Post-Partum, Emotional Wellness, Happiness, Happiness Advice, Pursuit of Happiness, Appreciate Life, The Pursuit of Happiness, Present Moment, Present Moment Awareness, Finding Happiness, Appreciation, Gratitude, Contentment, Inner Peace, Healthy Living News
Maggie Lyon

Given how much time I spend wandering around consumed by how stellar life will be once I lose the last five pregnancy pounds, get my book written, get the baby to sleep through the night, that to realize quite suddenly that I am happy right now is miraculous. It stops me in my tracks.

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One T-Shirt Is The Telling Symptom That My Postpartum Depression Is Back (PHOTOS)

Elizabeth Dosoretz | Posted 11.24.2012 | Style
Read More: Alanis Morissette Postpartum Depression, Gwyneth Paltrow Postpartum Depression, Coping With Postpartum Depression, Postpartum, Postpartum Depression Signs, Signs of Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Depression Symptoms, Postpartum Depression Treatment, Post Partum, Post Partum Depression, Slideexpand, Baby Blues, Signs of Depression, Style News
Elizabeth Dosoretz

After the birth of my son, I wore one of three t-shirts. Ironically, it was a faded and loose "Life is Good" t-shirt. Looking at the words "Life is Good" on my t-shirt was like a daily reminder (or guilt trip, depending on the state of mind). I was suffering with postpartum depression, and the sight of myself in the mirror threatened my already fragile state.

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What You Don't See in My Instagram Photos

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 10.15.2012 | Parents
Read More: Instagram, Motherhood, Post-Partum Depression, Parenting, Mothers, Post-Partum, Daughters, Photography, Writing, Slideexpand, Parents News
Claire Bidwell Smith

Every day I take photos. I capture little moments of my life and post them on Instagram. The bright, blue California sky. My two girls holding hands. But they don't tell the whole story.

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My Postpartum

Karen Bergreen | Posted 09.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: Mommy, Hypochondria, Identity Crisis, Post-Partum Depression, Postpartum Depression, Post-Partum, Parents News
Karen Bergreen

Some women take to mothering the way some take to medicine or painting. It is in them. I wasn't one of those mothers.

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Passion, Pregnancy and the Promise of the Rapture.

Staceyann Chin | Posted 01.02.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Post-Partum Libido, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Libido, Post-Partum, Pregnancy Nausea, Pregnant Intimacy, Black Voices News
Staceyann Chin

Long before I got knocked up, or more accurately, as soon as I paid all that money to get myself knocked up at the Batzofin Fertility Clinic, people told me how amazing my sex life would be when I did get pregnant.

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