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Postpartum care

Everything you need to know about caring for your postpartum body, from managing depression and anxiety to what changes will happen in your body.

What are the Best Postpartum Core Exercises?

Postpartum care

What are the Best Postpartum Core Exercises?

How to safely strengthen your core postpartum with four of the best core exercises

Jenni Diamond

How I Learned to Appreciate My Postpartum Body

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How I Learned to Appreciate My Postpartum Body

Why being in the moment is more important than how your body looks

Kyla Fox

I Didn’t Know My C-Section Incision Was Infected– Here’s Why

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I Didn’t Know My C-Section Incision Was Infected– Here’s Why

An expert weighs in on everything you need to know about C-section infection.

Lisa Zeltzer

We need to talk about postpartum psychosis

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We need to talk about postpartum psychosis

It's lesser known than postpartum depression, but postpartum psychosis can have devastating consequences when ignored—even though it's highly treatable.

Hajara Kutty

Postpartum depression almost killed me. Here's how I survived

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Postpartum depression almost killed me. Here's how I survived

Within days of giving birth, I wasn't just thinking about taking my life—I had an actual plan. Here's how to get postpartum depression help.

Kathryn Ross

This hospital hair salon is pampering NICU parents in the sweetest way

This hospital hair salon is pampering NICU parents in the sweetest way

Having spent time in the NICU herself, hair stylist Sarah Pulley jumped at the opportunity to open a hospital "Beauty Bar" to spoil stressed-out parents.

CJ Harder

All I see in these selfies is my postpartum hair loss

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All I see in these selfies is my postpartum hair loss

The pandemic and a baby distracted me from my hair loss after pregnancy, but looking at my photos from back then reveals how much my hairline went through.

Natalie Stechyson

I kept imagining I would stab or drown my baby—and I'm not alone

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I kept imagining I would stab or drown my baby—and I'm not alone

Postpartum intrusive thoughts are surprisingly common, but we don't talk about them nearly enough. It's time for that to change.

Ruth Richert

The only 3 steps you need in your postpartum skincare routine

The only 3 steps you need in your postpartum skincare routine

You've just had a baby and that pregnancy glow faded fast—but you don't need a skincare routine with 12 steps. Try this minimal-effort regimen instead.

Katherine Flemming

Why can't I just keep my midwife forever?

Why can't I just keep my midwife forever?

Charlotte Helston

I was convinced my baby was switched at birth

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I was convinced my baby was switched at birth

I was sure that my second son couldn't possibly be mine. I had no idea it was a symptom of postpartum depression, lurking beneath the new-mom exhaustion.

Natalie Stechyson

Here's why you need a postpartum plan

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Here's why you need a postpartum plan

Creating a postpartum plan can help ease your transition into parenthood and set you up for a positive experience after giving birth.

Avie Herman

I had sex 4 weeks after giving birth

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I had sex 4 weeks after giving birth

Real talk about what it’s like to lose your postnatal virginity only a month after baby, from The Rebel Mama’s Handbook for (Cool) Moms

Erica Moore

7 silly mistakes I made as a first-time mom

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7 silly mistakes I made as a first-time mom

I'm going to do things a little differently—and not be so hard on myself—with my second baby.

Micaela Hardy-Moffat

We shouldn’t have to live with 'broken vaginas'

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We shouldn’t have to live with 'broken vaginas'

Many women choose to live with the discomfort of birth injury because they’re embarrassed to seek help or their concerns are brushed off. That isn't right.

Leah McLaren

Is getting rid of hospital nurseries unfair to new moms?

Is getting rid of hospital nurseries unfair to new moms?

“Rooming in” with your newborn is supposed to encourage breastfeeding, but it can also jeopardize maternal mental health.

Vanessa Milne

Will my postpartum vagina ever go back to normal?

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Will my postpartum vagina ever go back to normal?

Some changes are temporary while others may settle in for the long run. Here's when you should actually worry about your vagina after birth.

Amy Green

Why can’t I stop crying? The baby blues are so real

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Why can’t I stop crying? The baby blues are so real

New motherhood can trigger the baby blues, a hefty dose of anxiety, sadness, irritability and fatigue, and it's important not to suffer in silence.

Amy Green

My stay on a psychiatric ward for PPD inspired a new career

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My stay on a psychiatric ward for PPD inspired a new career

After my husband and daughter disappeared behind the heavy steel doors of the psychiatry unit, I felt like I could breathe again. I knew I would be OK.

Ariane Audet

Postpartum OCD: When worries about your baby become obsessions

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Postpartum OCD: When worries about your baby become obsessions

It’s not that uncommon to have intrusive thoughts after having a baby, but if you're exhibiting signs of postpartum OCD, it's time to get help.

Claire Gagne