Mental Health

Mental Health Month

Losing Battles

Becoming A Mom Has Caused Me To Start Anxiety-Cleaning—And I Can’t Stop

Life

There’s A Reason Your Postpartum Anxiety Went Undiagnosed

Pregnancy

I Thought Constant Anxiety Was The Price You Pay For Being A Mom

WHITE KNUCKLING

I Tried To Tell My Doctor About My Postpartum Anxiety, But I Got Nowhere

Pregnancy

I’m So Glad I Took Zoloft While Pregnant

MENTAL HEALTH

I Finally Got My IVF Baby, So What Right Did I Have To Be Depressed?

DON'T CALL IT THE MF CHANGE

It’s Up To Us To End The Silence Around Menopause

Pregnancy

Inside The Uncertainty Of Taking Stimulants While Pregnant

by Fortesa Latifi

Increasing numbers of pregnant people are resuming their ADHD meds after the first trimester, under the careful guidance of their doctor.

safety

Against Lockdown Drills

by Miranda Rake

I took my kindergartener out of school for his first active shooter drill — and then I went down a rabbit hole.

Parenting

I Breastfed My Daughter For 2 Years As An Act Of Resistance

by L'Oreal Thompson Payton

I’m not sure where the narrative that Black women don’t breastfeed began, but I was on a mission to prove everyone wrong.

nervous systems

Raising Kids Is Hard. It’s Harder When You’re Parenting Through Trauma.

by Catherine Nettleton

I was already an anxious mom, but a sudden death in the family made everything seem dangerous.

loss

It’s Time To Talk About Miscarriage & The Workplace

by Jennifer Maerz

We've come a long way normalizing pregnancy loss, but there’s no common language for discussing recovery with your coworkers.

trying

Everyone Said Freezing My Eggs Would Make Me Relaxed But Actually I Can't Stop Crying

by Zan Romanoff

Fertility, pregnancy, birth — they’re medical, yes, but they’re also something more.

Modern Parenting

The Good Inside App Puts Dr. Becky In Your Pocket

by Jamie Kenney

The “parent whisperer” wanted to meet parents where they are: from the playground to parent pickup to the potty.

back to school

Should We Be Redshirting Boys For Kindergarten?

by Miranda Rake

In certain parent circles, conversations about “redshirting” are a perfect microcosm of our general anxiety about boys.

Pregnancy

What Do We Actually Know About Exercise And Pregnancy?

by Danielle Friedman

Long gone are the days when women were told to sit still for nine months. But while we know staying active is good for a pregnant body, cultural fears and misconceptions still hold many pregnant people back.

CUT SCENES

7 Times Movies & TV Actually Showed The Complicated Reality Of PPD

by Jamie Kenney

It’s no longer a taboo subject, but accurate and compassionate on-screen depictions of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders like PPD are still few and far between.