Since I Became a Mother: The Identity Shift No One Prepared Me For

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Episode Summary Becoming a mother changed more than I ever expected. I spent so much time preparing for pregnancy, birth, and bringing home a baby—but I wasn't prepared for how profoundly motherhood would change me. In the first full episode of Since I Became a Mother, I'm sharing my own story: who I was before motherhood, my birth experience, the difficult early postpartum months, postpartum depression and anxiety, severe sleep deprivation, exclusively breastfeeding, and the feeling that somewhere along the way I had lost parts of the person I used to be. I also share why I created this podcast, why Season 1 focuses so heavily on the first year of motherhood, and why every conversation…