postpartum
Should I hire a doula?
Living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, it’s not uncommon to hear that your suburban BFF or your techie coworker has decided to hire a doula to support them throughout their pregnancy. Many people also hire doulas to help as they transition into the tender and quite frankly, sometimes tricky-to-navigate, postpartum period. Almost everyone…
Read MoreYou Are Not Alone: My Battle with Prenatal Depression
Being pregnant was not my favorite experience in the world. I mostly hated it. Admitting that has always come with some amount of guilt, but it’s true. I was twenty-nine years old, happily married, and financially stable having a “normal” and “healthy” pregnancy. There was no reason to be anything other than a glowing and…
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