Questions We Carry
Sometimes the hardest part isn't finding an answer. It's finding someone willing to ask the same question you've been quietly carrying.
Pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, birth, loss, and becoming a parent all bring questions that don't always have simple answers. Here you'll find evidence-informed, compassionate articles organized around the questions people actually carry through these seasons.
Start wherever you are.
Fear
Grief
Becoming
Or explore every question.
Pregnancy
- Why can't I let myself get attached to this pregnancy?
- When reassurance doesn't last
- What trauma-informed pregnancy care actually looks like
- Trauma-informed pregnancy care vs. a doula: What's the difference?
- Why doesn't this pregnancy feel like the relief I expected?
- What am I allowed to feel about this pregnancy, given my abortion?
- The ways pregnancy is different when you're older, or an old soul
- Pregnancy support for old souls and older parents
- Why does pregnancy bring my past back?
- Why do I overthink every decision during pregnancy?
- Why does the future suddenly feel so personal?
- How do I make a birth plan that will hold?
Birth
Body
Becoming
- How do I hold onto myself when nothing is going the way I planned?
- Who am I now that I'm not trying anymore?
- What if I become the parent I was trying not to be?
- Why is it so hard to ask for help right now?
- Does journaling really help during pregnancy and postpartum?
- Am I allowed to grieve the life I had before this baby?
- Do I regret having my baby, or am I grieving what it cost me?
- How am I supposed to go back to work when my body isn't ready?
- Why does pregnancy bring my past back?
- Why does the future suddenly feel so personal?
- Why can't I just get over the birth?