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Articles on motherhood, anxiety, relationships, and the expectations we live with.
With Dr. Jana Rundle · Clinical Psychologist
Worry can feel more urgent when you're tired and the house is quiet. Make a small plan for the difficult moment and look at the support you need before nighttime arrives.
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One note, a check mark and a squiggle: use a ten-minute worry window to separate a small action you can take from uncertainty you can't solve tonight.
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Anxiety that appears months after birth still deserves care. You can bring it up even when routine postpartum appointments are over and everyone assumes you're doing fine.
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The answer helps for a few minutes, then the same doubt returns. Learn to recognize the reassurance loop and make a supported plan to respond differently.
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Some worry during pregnancy is normal. But when the anxiety never turns off, when you cannot sleep, cannot stop Googling, cannot enjoy the pregnancy everyone tells you to cherish, it might be more than "just nerves."
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You are exhausted, irritable, and running on empty. But is it burnout from the relentless pace of new motherhood, or is it something clinical? Here is how to tell the difference.
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