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The Post-Baby Bubble is a Lie

The Post-Baby Bubble is a Lie

(And no, that's not the hormones talking.)

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Rosemary Mac Cabe
Feb 28, 2022
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I always thought there would be a cosiness to those first few months with a baby: a feeling of warmth; a cocoon of love; a forcefield of happiness that radiated out from your infant and somehow protected you from feelings of anger and irritation and frustration (particularly when directed at one another). Well. I am here to tell you that there is not. 

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