Hi. My name is Kate.
Welcome to Postpartum: what the fuck?
I’m a relatively new mom. My older son was born in 2021, and my younger son came along a short twenty-and-a-half months later. I’m not an expert on babies, their development, or mood disorders, but I am an expert of my own experience. There’s power in telling our stories, and there’s solace in realizing that an experience is shared.
I suffered from postpartum depression, which was very much not the postpartum experience I was hoping for or expecting. I gave birth during a global pandemic. Very little felt “normal” for a very long time. I never felt as lonely as I did in those early days of parenting, and I hope that being here can make you feel a little less lonely.
I don’t have a lot of rules for this space, but this space is my space. Be kind, and remember that you only know the parts of the story that someone is telling you.
