Tag: assault survivor

• Nourished

  At the end of Jacob’s first week, I hobbled into my midwife’s office, bleeding and crying and snotting all over the place. She asked me how we were doing. “I’m bruised,” I said. “I’m bleeding. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” Tell me I don’t have to do this, I begged her with my eyes. […]

  erincurlett

  March 20, 2017

  Faith, Mamahood

  assault survivor, breastfeeding, formula feeding, nursing, postpartum anxiety