Postpartum Resources

Not sure what to call it. Start here.

Start with the thing that feels most familiar.

when the sun starts going down the baby is finally asleep and you still can't relax the wave hits hardest at night you keep checking that the baby is breathing you keep waiting for something to go wrong with the baby your thoughts have started scaring you being around people feels harder than it used to everything feels too loud everything has been too much for too long the anger arrives faster than you can stop it you are doing everything for everyone and nobody sees it your brain is not working the way it used to you miss who you were before the baby you love your baby and still don't feel like yourself you feel like you're disappointing everyone, including yourself the guilt arrives before you've done anything wrong you cry and don't know why something feels like it died and you can't name it nothing feels interesting anymore, not even the things you used to love motherhood does not feel the way you thought it would you want to leave the house and not come back for an hour everyone is around but you still feel alone you and your partner are not on the same side anymore you are bonded to your baby but cannot feel it yet

These pages were written for the experiences that are real but rarely named. If what you're feeling isn't listed here, Mave is built to hear the version you haven't found words for yet.

if something on this page sounded familiar, that recognition is where Mave starts.

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