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IS IT BETTER TO SHARE THE TRUTH ABOUT NEW MOM’S EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER MOMS OR NOT?
I talked to my friend, unfortunately only by phone, because she lives in Poland and I live in the Czech Republic. Joanna gave birth a week ago and I was sure that I told her everything about the birth and what happened after the birth. She always wanted me to be honest with her and not hide the truth, even the most drastic one. Plus, she had read most of my posts, so she already knew about bleeding nipples, fake contractions, and hormonal crisis. https://littlepuzzlesandme.com/do-you-want-to-hear-a-fairy-tale-about-being-new-mom/ How could I not tell her the ugly truth about the postpartum bleeding phase? Bleeding during puerperium is different in each case. In my case, it looked…
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NOBODY ASKED ME
“OF ALL THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, THE GREATEST IS TO BE A MOTHER”. – LIN YUTANG – With my first child, I started maternity leave in February, one month before the birth. Since I was feeling great physically and mentally, I reverted to my phobia of reading a dozen books. After collecting about 20 recommended books for mothers, I gave up reading the rest. The main reasons for stopping reading were the same stories about the baby’s sleeping routine, the same rules about breastfeeding, the newborn baby’s first stages, and other dry facts of motherhood that were repeated. When I lost all hope for an interesting book, I found a…