Becoming a mother is one of the most sacred life transitions a person can experience. It can also be a complicated one! For this post, we asked some of the mothers in our community to share their heartfelt response to this space.

Bonding with baby can be your special medicine. Your healing. Your integration of old and new.⁠ Here are some of our favorite tips!

They wheeled up my bed and that was the first time I saw the NICU, the place I would spend a good part of my days for the next two months. The nurses were sweet but I was scared. You looked tiny and had a million wires all around you. I didn’t know if you were going to be ok and I felt numb. I felt mad and angry too. It wasn’t fair.