LLL Meeting: Becoming a Mother / Early Days With Baby

Hello Mamas!

At the next morning meeting we're going to explore our feelings about the transition to becoming a Mother, and managing those early days and months with baby. This new role can surprise us, rock us to our cores, and bore us silly, all in the space of an hour. It's intense, learning your baby's signals, needs, and routines, not to mention trying to maintain relationships and at least some basic hygiene ;)

How have you found this transition? What has helped you through it? Join us on Tuesday to share these thoughts and others.

And we always make space for any other breastfeeding concerns or questions you may have!

We are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday, May 21st at 10am.

Sunnyside Presbyterian Church 

115 S. Frances St.

South Bend, IN 46617

Here are two  favorite blogs on the subject of motherhood--ones to go back to when we need support:

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/simcha-fisher/to-the-mother-with-only-one-child

http://askmoxie.org/2012/09/201209free-but-not-cheap-html/

Here's an interesting new look at reframing and understanding postpartum depression:

http://claudiamgoldmd.blogspot.com/2014/12/is-postpartum-depression-really.html

Our identity shifts as we become mothers:

http://www.lllusa.org/who-am-i-now-motherhood-and-identity/

And some tips for well-meaning loved-ones about how to support you in those early weeks:

http://themilkmeg.com/twelve-positive-supportive-things-to-tell-a-new-breastfeeding-mum-frequently-and-with-a-smile/

A fascinating look at the real changes our brains undergo when we become mothers:

http://m.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/what-happens-to-a-womans-brain-when-she-becomes-a-mother/384179/

And lovely reminders to cherish our changed bodies after childbirth:

http://www.mothering.com/articles/loving-your-postpartum-body