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If we want to save moms from burnout, we have to start by addressing the invisible labor that’s quietly breaking them.
Even when Elliot started sleeping through the night, I didn't. I would wake up around 4 am to pump under moonlight, worried my milk supply would drop.
Sometimes I look at my husband and say, "I think if I could sleep for about five days, then I would feel rested again."
My skin is tired.
“My alarm went off on my phone, I placed it against my chest in an attempt to nurse it back to sleep.”—Chelsea Druso
You are this tired because you are crushing it.
What is necessary is wraparound services. Respite, extended school years and more.
For some reason, as moms we feel like if we aren’t superwoman each day, we are failing.