Stay-At-Home Realities
Are we driving ourselves crazy with unrealistic expectations of what staying home is like? OF COURSE WE ARE.
Are we driving ourselves crazy with unrealistic expectations of what staying home is like? OF COURSE WE ARE.
My 14 month old just weaned. I thought I was more than ready, but I’m devastated. Is this normal?
I can’t pump enough milk for my baby and I’m tired of driving myself crazy over it. Can I nurse and use formula…and learn to be okay with that?
I went off medication so I could have a baby and nurse him for as long as I could. I need to go back on it, but the emotional pain of forced weaning hurts just as much.
I had a baby and a c-section three weeks ago. But my husband and mother-in-law are dragging me and my baby all over creation! How can I explain that this is too much?
Everybody’s favorite! Reader-submitted updates on past columns, questions and queries.
Should I get a tubal ligation done during my C-section? Or is that too much, all at once?
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On post-everything hair, skin, body issues…and how to not let them define your self-image.
The holidays are around the corner and my relationship with my husband’s family is a mess. How can I fix this? Should I fix this?
An expectant mom is trying anticipate the balance between her need and wanting of help from her own mom and her husband’s need to private family time on the second time around.
A new mom’s hair is extra brittle and damaged. Is the damage caused by the colorist’s technique or because of postpartum hair issues and hormones?
A new mom knows she is unlikely able to breastfeed exclusively and will need to introduce a baby bottle. How soon can you introduce a bottle it to a breastfed baby.
A mom can’t shake the feeling of sadness and regret over a tubal ligation. What should she do?
Midwives are telling this mom that she will probably have difficulty breastfeeding post an elective c-section. She wants to know if that’s true?
An expecting mom needs help understanding whether the extreme guilt trip she is getting from her mom about postpartum visiting plans is justified or not.
A new and breastfeeding mom is being food shamed by her husband for her increased appetite and postpartum body. She needs help on talking to him.
Amalah discusses her diastasis recti, umbilical hernia and other post-pregnancy body changes that nobody seems to talk about.