Ashley

The thing I most needed to hear postpartum with my first (which I hadn’t realized I needed to hear), was from a friend who had recently had a baby. After asking how I was feeling, to which I gave an update on how my physical recovery was going, she responded “That’s great, but how are you mentally?” I felt so unprepared for how birth, postpartum, figuring out parenthood, HORMONES would impact me until I was in it. It was so nice to have someone ask the question (she honestly was one of very few). Since, I’m always sure to check in on postpartum friends in this way.