A selection of guides for the questions, changes and decisions that come with this stage.
52 articles
“We were ready” can feel true before pregnancy and strangely untrue afterward. Not because everything objectively changed, but because the word ready…
You can deeply want your baby and still look at an unscheduled afternoon, a spontaneous dinner, or the ability to leave the…
The fear is not always “I don't want to be a mother.” Sometimes it is “I don't want mother to become the…
Your relationship probably will change. That can sound frightening because the mind quickly translates “change” into “damage.” But changes in time, workload,…
The fear is not only that you might argue more. It is imagining every future conversation becoming diapers, schedules, and who is…
Before your baby is born, it can feel as if you are already being evaluated for a job you have not started.…
You can be preparing an entire life for a baby and still not recognize what you feel as “love” yet. The word…
Someone may suggest talking, reading or singing to the baby and your honest response may simply be: that does not feel like…
In groups, social media and family conversations, some pregnant women seem intensely excited about every milestone. Comparison can turn a difference in…
You can have wanted motherhood for years and still hear an inner correction the moment you say, “I am so tired of…
Some people remember pregnancy with nostalgia. Others count the weeks until it is over. Neither experience, by itself, measures how much the…
Counting weeks can create an emotional contradiction: you want the baby deeply and still wish you could skip ahead to the part…
