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'How Can I Embrace Motherhood When I Feel Nothing Like Myself?'

You'll be yourself again! Have some fun with this new lady in the meantime.

Heather Havrilesky
Mar 09, 2023
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Falling Leaves (1950) by Helen Lundeberg

Dear Polly,

Two years ago, my husband and I had our first child, during a global pandemic, and my whole life changed in the span of one year. It's hard to tell what changed my life more: the pandemic or the baby (does it even matter?). Suddenly, I felt like I lost everything: my independence, my social life, a lot …

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