I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do prenatal yoga and walk a lot.
Do I wish I had never endured postpartum depression? Absolutely. But to deny the experience is to deny who I am.
I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.
Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.
With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.
I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.
I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
I've approached so many things in my life with such intensity that I want to approach motherhood with dedication and focus.
Your first pregnancy you have nothing to do except sleep and take care of yourself and go to prenatal yoga or whatever. Now I have a full-time job, I have a four-year-old, I've got a life that is demanding my attention, so I've gone to prenatal yoga once. It's such a bummer.
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