John McManamy: A Letter to New Moms

What's a male voice doing in this conversation? Let me explain: Two months ago my daughter phone me from New Zealand. The year before, almost to the day, I had been there to attend her wedding. She had news for me: "You're going to be a grandfather...

Ivy Shih-Leung: A Letter to New Moms

Let me first of all congratulate you on being a new mom and wish you a very Happy Mother's Day! If this is your first baby, you are no doubt excited and scared all at once. I would like to share with you some of what I learned from my own experience. I have a lot...

Sue McRoberts: A Letter to New Moms

I struggle to write you because words are critical and precious. The pain that you are in is unmeasurable and practically impossible to understand. Though I've experienced many of your hurts, fears and anxieties I can never comprehend your exact agony. I tread...

Susan Stone: A Letter to New Moms

Welcome to the life-changing role that may be among your most defining and treasured moments. Congratulations on the life you have already nurtured and sustained that has immortalized your own existence, converging past, present and future into this powerfully...

Erika Krull: A Letter to New Moms

I had the dream that so many new moms have – a wonderful happy bonding time with my infant and family. I have had three children and unfortunately only had that kind of peace my third time around. The first two were plagued with untreated postpartum depression...