mom

While we know adjusting to a new baby can profoundly impact a couple’s life (including sexual intimacy), we, as a society, act like it shouldn’t. We act like there’s something wrong with a new mother needing a time out from sex.

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Sick days don’t have to be all bad. And if you can manage to stay healthy yourself, you might just find yourself back at work feeling even better.

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Year after year, I’ve been erased. I have no name. I’m just Mom. People I don't know and didn't birth or adopt have called me Mom almost every day for 20 years. Read...

I have a confession to make: I am not a mess. As a mom, this is apparently unusual.

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Yes, I was being a selfish mom, I told her. But that didn’t make me wrong. People are constantly telling me to sacrifice my wellbeing for my kids.

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I had been down this road before, of mom shaming, both as the mom defending my choices, and regrettably, the one casting judgment.

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I want and need to save some room for myself, to know that I am worthy of a place in the world without the label of mother.

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The money is great, but it is not the best part of becoming a working mom. Having my own career has shifted the power balance of my relationship.

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