104,063. That’s how many millilitres of milk I pumped after my second baby was born. Imagine twenty-five 4 litre bags of milk. That’s how much milk I made and measured. Mad respect to my boobs, they worked really hard. AND SO DID I. As an undersupplier, breastmilk was an issue for me after both of my pregnancies. My first baby failed to grow the first week he was alive, causing me a lot of stress and both of us a …
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Things got busy. Life happened for a while, and it was nice. Life is still happening, and I have some things to talk about. At some point, even in all the postpartum wtf-ery, being a parent …
I’ve had this topic sort of bumping around in my brain for a while, and I think it’s finally time to talk about it. Obviously becoming a parent is a huge responsibility, but that’s not what …
A few things have changed since I became a parent. One of those things is my approach to being patient. Patience can mean a lot of things: the ability to wait for something you want (or …
TW: discussion of pregnancy, sexual assault, etc. On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade was officially overturned in the United States by the Supreme Court. Back in May, we’d heard that this decision was coming when …
I know now that I'm not a lemon. But I think I still need to talk about how bad things got, and how quickly after I gave birth. In the early, delirious, sleep-deprived days, there was …
In all of the difficulties of early motherhood, there was a common thread: inadequacy. My body, the same one that did an excellent job of gestating a baby, wasn’t able to birth my baby vaginally. Inadequate …
Moms matter, too. I know that probably seems obvious but to me, in the throes of postpartum, it wasn’t. Sure, people were concerned with how I was doing, but they were mostly concerned with how the …
Postpartumwtf.com was born out of a haze of postpartum depression, therapy, medication, self-reflection, recovery, and eventually hope. It seems appropriate to get this started during Mental Health Awareness week, because I don’t think you can talk …