August 17, 2026
I Love My Baby and I Miss My Old Life
You adore your baby and you ache for the life you had. Both are true. Grieving your old self does not make you a bad mother. It makes you honest.
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The Mativa Journal
Notes on the perinatal years
Honest guidance on pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood, written in plain language for the questions that tend to arrive at 2am.
August 13, 2026
When Breastfeeding Does Not Work and It Feels Like You Failed
Supply that never came, a latch that never worked, tears in the formula aisle. If feeding your baby broke your heart, this one is for you.
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August 10, 2026
When Your Body Stops Feeling Like Yours
After a day of nursing and carrying and clinging, your skin crawls at one more touch. Feeling touched out is real, and you are not broken.
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August 6, 2026
The Postpartum Body Nobody Prepares You For
Leaking when you sneeze, a stranger in the mirror, grief and awe at once. What nobody tells you about your postpartum body, and what actually helps.
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August 3, 2026
The Rage That Shows Up After the Baby
The anger arrives out of nowhere and scares you. Postpartum rage is real, common, and treatable. Here is why it happens and what helps you.
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July 30, 2026
When You Are Cleared for Sex and So Not Ready
Cleared at six weeks but your body says not yet? You are not broken. Here is what nobody tells you about desire, pain, and sex after baby.
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July 27, 2026
Why Motherhood Unmasks ADHD
You were fine before the baby. Now you cannot finish a thought. If motherhood made your brain feel broken, ADHD may be the missing piece.
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July 24, 2026
The scary thoughts about your baby that nobody warns you about
It usually happens when the house is finally quiet. You are holding your baby, or standing at the top of the stairs, or watching the bath fill, and your mind hands you an image…
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July 20, 2026
Going Back to the Clinic for Baby Number Two
Your first baby came through IVF, and now you are staring at the clinic doors again. The wanting, the math, and the feelings nobody warns you about.
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July 20, 2026
When Your Partner Is Postpartum Too
He is distant, irritable, always somewhere else. If your partner has not been himself since the baby came, this is for you, not just him.
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