Category: Parenting
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MOMSTEIN SPEAKS: WHY POSTPARTUM BLUES ARE ON THE RISE
The modern-day strong-willed woman is the classical example of the type A personality. This personality is a temperament that encompasses ambition, competitiveness, focus on quality, need for control and an unrealistic sense of urgency as per the dictionary definition. And to survive in this dog-eat-dog world, a woman has to have all these qualities to thrive.
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SUPPORTING PARENTHOOD: IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Last week I had this wonderful opportunity to speak at a parent support group. While enough has been researched and written about the positive impacts of support groups especially through chronic challenges, there remains a huge dearth of the same in our healing community. There are stigmas and doubts attached to certain life conditions which inhibit the community seeking behaviour. So, it did come as a pleasant surprise when I was invited to be part of one.
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MOMSTEIN SPEAKS: THE NEW AGE MOTHER
With the new era, gender roles are getting blurry and the gender divides is practically non-existent. Notwithstanding the fact that we are in charge of the uterus and bearing babies, mother, and father both contribute to rearing babies in today’s evolved family structure. The father is not anymore the sole breadwinner and many families take a call as to who should work after a baby is born taking into account total earnings and insurance benefits.
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MOMSTEIN SPEAKS: THE NEW MOM AND THE WEIGHING SCALE
"Right after delivery, you look at least six months pregnant. That is because you kind of are six months pregnant. Your uterus is still very large and filling up a big section of your belly. It needs around six weeks to go back to its original tiny size fitting into just the pelvic cavity."