Relationships and Family
You Do a Lot. She’s Still Carrying It. Here’s How Both Are True.
He does a lot. She’s still carrying it. Both are true, and the research on cognitive labor explains why. A guide for partners.
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Relationships and Family
How to Explain the Mental Load to Your Partner (Without a Fight)
The mental load is the invisible work of anticipating, deciding, and tracking everything a family needs. Here is how to explain it to your partner so it actually lands, and how to hand off whole domains instead of tasks.
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Relationships and Family
Postpartum Identity Crisis: Grieving Who You Were Before Baby
Missing your old life doesn't mean you don't love your baby. A perinatal psychologist on matrescence, grieving your pre-baby self, why a new baby stirs up the past, and how to find yourself again.
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Relationships and Family
When Your Husband Doesn't Understand Postpartum
He asks how your day was and you can't explain it. Why partners miss what postpartum is really like, how to explain it to your husband, and what to do when he doesn't get it.
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Relationships and Family
Should We Have Another Baby? How to Make the Decision When You're Going Back and Forth
The back-and-forth about whether to have another baby is one of the hardest decisions in parenthood. Here's how to navigate the ambivalence, the conversations with your partner, and the grief that can come with whatever you decide.
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Relationships and Family
How Postpartum Depression Affects Your Relationship
Two-thirds of couples see their relationship take a hit after a baby, and postpartum depression makes it heavier. A perinatal psychologist on why, the four conflict patterns she sees most, what actually protects a couple, and why treating the depression comes first.
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