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I can’t tell you how many times a mother has contacted me, frantic after visiting the doctor because her baby hasn’t gained as much weight as they “should have”. In the same way that cervical checks don’t tell the whole picture of how labour is progressing, a baby’s weight & measurement percentiles doesn’t tell the whole picture of their health. Sometimes these numbers can be encouraging but other times (and I’ll even go as far as to say ‘often times’) they can be really discouraging.
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In labour a woman could be “stuck” at 3 cm for hours (or really even days!!), then dilate to 10cm very quickly and birth her baby. Just like a baby’s weight can stay stable for a little while, followed by a sudden growth spurt. These are both variations of normal. I’m not saying that it should be ignored if a child is severely underweight or failing to thrive. I’m just reassuring mothers that babies are all unique and don’t always follow the perfect curve of a doctor’s chart. And if your baby seems happy & healthy otherwise... they probably are!
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Photo x @brittneymcnutt

“If you're anything like the millions of mothers who've walked this path before you, parenting will remind you--again and again--that you are human.
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Your baby holds the power to induce in you the greatest expression of love, and the deepest well of frustration. You may be wondering how it is possible to be filled with great, nearly overwhelming surges of adoration one moment, and pushed to tears of exasperation the next.
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Welcome to motherhood!”
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Quote x @motherhoodmedicine
Photo x @rachel_zacharias

Our modern day society leads women to believe that they can, or should, regain their pre-pregnancy body immediately after their baby is born. We live in a time where “Wow, you don’t even look like you’ve just had a baby!” is considered to be among the highest compliment someone can give a new mother. Creating life and giving birth is a tremendous accomplishment, and it’s tragic that our society encourages women to erase all signs of this accomplishment from their bodies as quickly as possible. One of my favorite things to remind women in the postpartum period is, “You may be nowhere near where you were, but you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.”
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Photo x @livturrell

“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you never knew existed.” Linda Wooten .
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