The ‘Mama Gaze’ Reveals a Raw and Beautiful Reality - The Provincetown Independent

The ‘Mama Gaze’ Reveals a Raw and Beautiful Reality - The Provincetown Independent

To be a new mother is to disappear in plain sight. It’s cold coffee every morning and shirts damp with milk. It’s rocking a stroller with one foot, answering emails with one hand, and losing yourself somewhere between nap schedules. It’s never enough sleep. Never a hot meal. Never a long shower. It’s tantrums on the floor of a shop. Unsolicited advice from strangers. It’s the guilt of formula feeding, the pain of breastfeeding, tiny teeth on you…

It’s time for New Hampshire to prioritize maternal mental health resources

"Pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period can bring about significant physical, emotional, and psychological changes." (Getty Images) In recent years, the conversation surrounding mental health has gained much-needed momentum. Yet within this broad discussion, maternal mental health remains an area that is often overlooked. As a family medicine physician, I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges that mothers and families experience in the…

Baby blues or postpartum depression and anxiety? Maternal mental health under the microscope

Bundle of joy, the gift of a new life or the baby blues?

Long-Term Impact of Postpartum Depression and Maternal Bonding on

A groundbreaking study from Shinshu University illuminates the profound and lasting effects of postpartum maternal depression and early mother-to-infant bonding on children’s psychosocial development well into middle childhood. While the deleterious short-term consequences of postpartum depression on infant development have been studied extensively, this latest research advances our understanding by unraveling how the early quality of mother-inf…