Embodying Your Story

What is your postpartum story? If you have a birth story, you have a postpartum story too--and while they overlap, they're not the same.

"I felt completely alone at a time when I'd never been in greater need of support."

"I suffered in silence, never telling anyone about my real thoughts and feelings. They would have judged me, or worse--not believed me."

"I was ashamed to accept the help my community was offering. I had to prove to them, and to myself, that I could do it all."

"I would stare at myself in the mirror and not recognize the woman staring back. I had no idea who I was, or if I'd ever feel a sense of me again."

Most of us were told that the impact of birth ends upon the delivery of a baby. We were sent home, expected to "bounce back," "return to normal," and not…