The Dark Side of Motherhood | 'You'll never have this new gig waxed'

02 Aug 2021

Samantha Herbst

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"There is a need to mourn, because there are aspects of your old self and your old life that you will not return to. You have to face that loss as a mother."

"Birth produces two people. The first: a flailing soul struggling to take in a new world, a new way of being as it draws breath against the unknown. The second: a baby." – Bunmi Laditan

The postpartum identity shift is a profound experience that few new mothers are prepared for.

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