No amount of preparation can truly prepare you for the maiden to mother journey that unfolds in the sacred postpartum time. 

One moment, you’re a single entity, a human being with a life story of your own, who just happens to be ripe with child. And the next - you’re a mother, a parent embodied, and half of your heart is now living outside of your body. 

Postnatal depression has again been in the spotlight as Covid19 restrictions left new parents and birthing people without their usual support systems.