#takebackpostpartum

Are you okay? The postpartum period and the postpartum mother are often neglected. This is a time where hormones recalibrate, bodies change unexpectedly, and sleep takes on a new meaning. If you’re visiting someone who recently gave birth, you are there to support her, not just to see the baby. Via @motherlandbirthco #midwife #midwifery #midwifical #midwives #midwifelife #midwivesrock #feministmidwife #midwiferycare #postpartumbody #postpartummom #postpartummoms #postpartumhealth #postpartumhealing #postpartumhormones #postpartumdepression #postpartumdepressionawareness #takebackpostpartum #6weekspostpartum #postpartumanxiety #postpartumlife #3weekspostpartum #postpartumcare #postpartumproblems #postpartumjourney #maternalhealth #mentalhealthmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/B4AGoo1geZz/?igshid=1jdl09cgh7kfe

The realness of postpartum depression. Kudos to @themanifestingmamma who fought her PPD and did not let it consume her. Though not everyone has the same experience. Please, if you are feeling like something is off, tell someone. Speak up. YOU MATTER. . . . . From @themanifestingmamma: This is a picture I most likely will not keep up for very long. This is me, at the peak of my postpartum depression. I asked Shiloh to take a picture of me, so I could remember how far I’d come, if I ever came out of it. I was lower than low, I wasn’t even myself. Looking back at this photo I remember perfectly the pain I felt, the dread in waking up everyday, the physical pain that engulfed me from thoughts in my brain. I had never known consuming, mind altering emotion such as this that flooded every fiber of my being, making its way through my veins like a plague. This is what postpartum depression looks like, or at least what it did for me. I didn’t want to leave this life, but it seemed like the only way that would rid me of the pain I was in. I didn’t ask for it, it wasn’t welcome. But there it was, and I kicked its fucking ass and beat it to the ground before I let it consume me, or much worse, take my life. #thisisppd . . . . #ppd #postpartumdepression #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #overcomingppd #mentalhealthsupport #communityovercompetition #stopcensoringmotherhood #motherhoodunited #motherhoodrising #motherhood #takebackpostpartum #momblogger #empoweredbirthproject #mindfulparenting #mindfulmama #consciousmotherhood #motherhood #tribedemama #birthofamama

#aboutlastnight: Last night was the first time I got my makeup done and wore Spanx since before I got pregnant a year and a half ago. The body positive, makeup-free-monday -posting, feminist part of me says that my body is what it is and is perfect this way. That part of me accepts my natural face and my soft belly and doesn't feel the need to change a thing. Another part of me was thrilled to be out of the house in shape wear and a full face of professionally applied makeup. It feels almost unbearably shallow and vain and buying-into-the-patriarchy's-absurd-beauty-ideals to say this, but.... doing those things (and leaving my baby at home in my husband's capable arms) made me feel "back to myself" in a way that nothing else has quite been able to. I reveled to my mom, "I feel like I'm back in my pre-baby body!" and that feeling came as a thrill. I felt lighter and more pulled together (literally!) and it felt so GOOD to feel so tiny. I've always been of fan of the idea that I don't need to get my body back after having a baby, because my body didn't go anywhere. But it *has* changed (along with my entire life and identity) and those changes have certainly been trying. If Spanx and sucking in my gut for a few hours were what it took to feel a little more "myself," then I'm going to let myself enjoy that. And I'm going to be honest and tell you about it. Because sometimes I wanna smash the patriarchy and sometimes... I just want to feel like I'm back in my old body again, even if I never truly will (or want to) be. Makeup by the talented @leahapter #takebackpostpartum

"The Greek name for the Milky Way is derived from the word for milk. One legend explains how the Milky Way was created by Heracles when he was a baby. His father, Zeus, was fond of his son, who was born of the mortal woman. He decided to let the infant Heracles suckle on his divine wife Hera's milk when she was asleep, an act which would endow the baby with godlike qualities. When Hera woke up and realized that she was breastfeeding an unknown infant, she pushed him away and the spurting milk became the Milky Way."

Right? Friends, when you visit someone with a newborn, make sure you’re coming over to check in on the new parents and help them out too. Change a diaper so she can shower. Wash the dishes. Do a load of laundry. Cook a meal. Via @carolinedoula #midwife #midwifery #midwifical #midwives #midwifelife #midwivesrock #feministmidwife #midwiferycare #postpartumbody #postpartummom #postpartummoms #postpartumhealth #postpartumhealing #postpartumhormones #postpartumdepression #postpartumdepressionawareness #takebackpostpartum #6weekspostpartum #postpartumanxiety #postpartumlife #3weekspostpartum #postpartumcare #postpartumproblems #postpartumjourney #maternalhealth #mentalhealthmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/B06MMYHgcje/?igshid=94seiwypd5qt

Motherhood is beautiful 😂 But seriously, this is why we need maternity leave—the postpartum period is the hardest adjustment of the entire pregnancy! 🎨: @beckybarnicomics #midwife #midwifery #midwifical #midwives #midwifelife #midwivesrock #feministmidwife #midwiferycare #postpartumbody #postpartummom #postpartummoms #postpartumhealth #postpartumhealing #postpartumhormones #postpartumdepression #postpartumdepressionawareness #takebackpostpartum #postpartumanxiety #postpartumlife #postpartumcare #postpartumproblems #postpartumjourney #maternalhealth https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSfk-lgPb6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=p6prnv2w90fd

Expectant parents spend so much time researching and prepping for childbirth but often forget the postpartum period. This is when new parents are the most raw and are desperately trying to get the hang of this new tiny human. They forget that they too need lots of TLC in this time. If you have visitors, be selfish. Ask for chores in exchange for baby snuggles: a load of laundry, cook dinner, wash the dishes, change a diaper, take out the trash, or watch baby so you can sleep or shower. You deserve just as much attention as your newborn. 🎨: #midwife #midwifery #midwifical #midwives #midwifelife #midwivesrock #feministmidwife #midwiferycare #postpartumbody #postpartummom #postpartummoms #postpartumhealth #postpartumhealing #postpartumhormones #postpartumdepression #postpartumdepressionawareness #takebackpostpartum #6weekspostpartum #postpartumanxiety #postpartumlife #3weekspostpartum #postpartumcare #postpartumproblems #postpartumjourney #maternalhealth #mentalhealthmatters https://www.instagram.com/p/BqyNcdynZT0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=27rnrcxmx8p5

Celebrate all postpartum bodies! Your body remembers all the hard work and energy you put in to create new life. . . . #stopcensoringmotherhood #midwife #midwifery #midwifical #midwives #midwifelife #midwivesrock #feministmidwife #midwiferycare #postpartumbody #postpartummom #postpartummoms #postpartumhealth #takebackpostpartum #6weekspostpartum #postpartumlife #postpartumcare #postpartumproblems #postpartumjourney #maternalhealth #postpartumbelly