Perinatal depression can be emotionally devastating. The symptoms can crop up towards the end of the third trimester.
Mothers can have vastly different experiences giving birth. Many are not fully prepared for everything that will occur once they go into labor, or the lasting impact of the experience.
Today, parenting can feel relentless. On top of the typical demands of raising children, you’re constantly exposed to “picture-perfect” images of parenthood on social media.
Perhaps you have recently given birth, and you simply haven’t bonded with your baby in how you expected. You’ve been caring for your child 24/7.
Society teaches women that they should fear aging. This fear is promoted in many forms. It can include advertising for anti-aging skincare, warnings from well-meaning older relatives who want you to get married by a certain age, or movies starring older men with younger female co-stars as their love interests.
