December 2019 Motherly
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December 2019

Life

To the woman who asked me to leave because my baby was crying

You may not have thought so, but I deserved to be there just as much as you did. And so did my baby.

Motherhood Understood

Liz on having postpartum depression a second time

"You are not alone and there is help out there."

Shop

Overwhelmed by Elf on the Shelf? Try these fun alternatives

Elf on the Shelf—though awesome in so many ways—isn't for everyone.

Life

How I learned to stop worrying as a parent

At the heart of all my questions was one thing: Fear.

C-Section

My birth story: A scheduled second C-section

Although I didn't push, I gave birth just the same. It diminished nothing about the moment of becoming a mother again.

Life

I am the mother of a wild girl

In a world in which women are told to be tame, soft, quiet, I have a little girl who challenges it all.

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