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I needed to hear “everything is a phase”. It implies that tough times will pass and also reminds me to remember the beautiful parts. The 4th trimester is hard but also there also isn’t another time in your life like this. Enjoy what you can. Because then it’s over.

I also read a short article posted on 1/30 about birth and “is it ever straightforward?” I mean, no, but it can often be beautiful. I have given birth twice and my experiences were very different. Both painful and hard, and so beautiful. Even though this is a data driven group, I encourage readers to pick up Ina May Gaskin’s “A Guide to Childbirth” and her other books. She covers many stories of unmedicated births and the journeys women go through. Reading that empowered me as much as reader Oster’s books. Not everything is about data. Particularly in this space of deeply personal and unique experience of giving birth.