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You Are Not Your Diagnosis

You Are Not Your Diagnosis

by Carrie London | 0 comments

There is a saying, “You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” It doesn’t matter who said it. The words mean the same thing. When we are diagnosed—PPD, PTSD, Bipolar, Anxiety, OCD, etc—it is so easy to wear that diagnosis...

When Breastfeeding Doesn’t Go As Planned

When Breastfeeding Doesn’t Go As Planned

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As expectant mothers, all we can do is plan. We make labor plans, we plan the nursery, we plan how we will spend our maternity leave. We plan birthday parties, play dates, college graduations. All this planning before even giving birth. We thrive on a diet made up...

How a Traumatic Birth Gave Me Postpartum PTSD & Depression

How a Traumatic Birth Gave Me Postpartum PTSD & Depression

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My child will be an only child. I want to talk about one of the reasons she will be an only child. I want to talk about why I roll my eyes or wince when someone tells me that I’m too young to say something like this or to “give it time.” I have...