New moms have to make huge adjustments during the first six months of their newborn’s life – some are  a bit scary. Everything changes. One minute all the attention is on you:  Your husband makes midnight runs for food you crave. Strangers affectionately pat your belly. Friends and family ask how they can help and regularly check-in to see how you feel. You labor long and hard to deliver your precious bundle, and suddenly the attention shifts.  Everyone wants to know how the baby is doing. The months after birth are physically and emotionally stressful.  You experience an infinite series of changes during the first year, and some of them are a bit scary. Feeling alone and overwhelmed is typical, but misery multiplies when we think we’re the only ones who feel this way. Trust me. After talking with moms in the counseling office for the last twenty-five years, I guarantee, your secret feelings are more common than you think.  So, let’s bring them into the light and diffuse their power.

Secret # 1 – I feel guilty that I’m not more madly in love with my baby.

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