Tips for New Parents in Isolation
/Romper has an article that shares tips from various experts about how to deal with the new challenges of being in social isolation as a brand new parent.
Coronavirus Anxiety
/The Motherhood Center has gone completely virtual and has webinar offerings on managing anxiety as parents during this pandemic. Check out their website here.
Motherless Mothers
/‘Motherless mothers’: the hidden grief of becoming a mom without one of your own
This article discusses the emotional challenge of adjusting to new parenthood without a mother, featured in The Guardian by Sara Gaynes Levy and Jessica Zucker
The Postpartum Body
/Dr. Alexandra Sacks writes about the struggle to accept the postpartum body. In this article she describe how to better manage your emotional relationship with your body. This includes both looking at your thinking patterns and self acceptance.
Is that Mom in the Mirror Really Me? by Alexandra Sacks
Surviving the Holidays
/The holiday season can be hard on new moms. Read this article by Jen Schwartz, from Motherhood Understood, on letting go of the pressure around the holidays and focusing on taking care of yourself first.
Surviving the Holidays as a New Mom by Jen Schwartz
in-home lactation support
/Boober is a great resource that helps connect women with immediate in-home support with a lactation consultant.
The Trauma of Infertility
/NYT Parenting talks about the traumatic impact of infertility for some women. Women going through infertility can experience an increase in both anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Some researchers argue that the definition of trauma should be expanded to include the psychological and emotional response to not only physical threats, but threats to deeply held expectations of life.