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Building the Village: Loneliness, Cost, and the Patchwork Nobody Prepares You For
Episode 5
Content note: this episode touches on birth anxiety and navigating pregnancy without a close support system nearby.
It takes a village to raise a chil…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Announcement: The Conversation That Changes Everything
Episode 4
Congratulations, you're pregnant! And now you have to tell work.
Telling work you're pregnant is one of the most anxiety-filled moments of a woman's c…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The First Trimester: Hiding, Exhaustion, and Questioning the "12-Week Rule"
Episode 3
Content note: this episode includes a brief discussion of baby loss and miscarriage.
You're pregnant. You know. And for the next twelve weeks, nobody …
6 months, 1 week ago
The Plan: Trying, “Failing”, and the Reality of Trimester Zero
Episode 2
Before the positive test. Before the announcement. Before anyone around you knows. There's a chapter of matrescence that almost nobody talks about - …
6 months, 1 week ago
The Upgrade: What Matrescence Is and Why It Matters
Episode 1
Matrescence, the shift into motherhood, is one of the most significant neurological and identity transformations of a woman's adult life. And it is a…
6 months, 2 weeks ago