The issue of postpartum baby blues, depression, and anxiety are all topics that are very important to me. I have made it a point to always bring it up with friends and clients, because I want to help rid the world of the stereotype that postpartum depression is something to be ashamed of. It isn’t!
I’ve been exposed to a stigma that new moms should be constantly happy, head-over-heels in love with their baby, and excited about every little phase in Baby’s life. (“Oh, look, he pooped out of diaper and all over his onesie for the fifth time today, how sweet!”) For too long I’ve watched women in my life think that they have to be up and entertaining guests only a few days after birth, apologizing for a messy home and for their unkempt appearance.
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