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Articles on motherhood, anxiety, relationships, and the expectations we live with.
With Dr. Jana Rundle · Clinical Psychologist
When will I feel like myself again? When postpartum depression starts, how long it can last, why waiting it out backfires, what early improvement looks like, and whether it can come back.
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You were ready to stop, so why does weaning hurt this much? A perinatal psychologist on breastfeeding grief, how it differs from depression, and what helps.
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Weaning can set off a real hormonal mood shift, sometimes like a second round of postpartum depression. A perinatal psychologist on the signs, who is at risk, and what helps.
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Two pink lines, and two feelings at once. If you had postpartum depression last time, here's what the research says about it coming back, what to tell your OB and prescriber, and the concrete plan to build before the baby arrives.
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Feeling touched out is sensory overload, not a failure of love. A perinatal psychologist on why physical contact suddenly feels like too much, why it peaks with breastfeeding, and what actually helps.
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Some postpartum fog is normal. A perinatal psychologist on how to tell mom brain from ADHD symptoms in women, why ADHD often surfaces after a baby, and when to get an evaluation.
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