Let’s Talk About The Mental Load of Becoming a Mom
The mental load of motherhood surprised me more than I expected. Five months postpartum, I’m learning what capacity really means and why protecting it matters.
Motherhood has plenty of advice. Let’s make more room for you.
Pregnancy and motherhood come with more information, opinions, milestones, measurements and things to second-guess than most of us know what to do with. Makings of Mama is a place for the woman in the middle of all of it — the questions you actually want answered, the things nobody mentioned, and honest conversations about your body, relationships, identity and the life that keeps happening alongside motherhood. Come here to know more, feel less alone in what you’re thinking, and figure out what actually feels right for you.
The things we’re actually wondering about
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Find what feels closest to where you are
Pregnancy
The questions between appointments, the changes happening to you, preparing without preparing for every possible thing, and the feelings that don’t always fit neatly into Are you excited?
Postpartum
Recovery, feeding, sleep, your changing body, relationships, mental wellbeing, and the tiny questions that can feel enormous when you’re the one wondering about them.
Motherhood + You
Identity, work, friendship, relationships, body image, boundaries, self-trust, and making room for yourself without treating motherhood like something you need to escape from.
It’s so nice to connect, mama
I’m a writer, ICF-certified life coach, women’s wellness nerd and relatively new mom who really likes information, preparation and knowing what comes next. Motherhood has been an interesting place to have that personality.
I made Makings because I wanted somewhere we could get good information about pregnancy and motherhood without losing sight of the woman asking the question. My own experience is part of what you’ll find here, but it isn’t the blueprint. I care much more about asking good questions, bringing in people who know things I don’t, talking honestly about the parts that are harder to name, and leaving you enough room to decide what belongs in your own life.
