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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't watch social media, but it can't be worse than whatever people were being fed by the church or the neighborhood moms or whoever else in before times.

Honestly I think moms just get PPA/D and so they're always going to latch onto some weird stuff. I doubt there's ever been a period where all the new moms were super chill, because I think it's biological. [/quote]

I think this is true. I had PPD and the first thing everyone on my care team told me was to find a moms group for support, so I did. But in retrospect I'm not convinced this always worked because there was so much ambient anxiety in that group and the facilitator sometimes helped tamp it down but also had her own pet issues that she'd speak strongly about and it all just amped up the feeling that I was failing. I think this idea that new moms should all get together and help each other is misguided.

Ultimately I think new moms need a family/community support structure, where the people who are helping are NOT also parenting young kids. The problem is that culturally we've moved away from structures like that so a lot of people just don't have it, or the people in their support group hurt more than help.

The best thing I did post partum was pay for 1:1 therapy, and if I do it again, I'd also get a postpartum doula for the first two weeks after birth. Hanging around other moms who are also stressed and anxious is not the answer. And social media is sometimes just a virtual version of that.[/quote]

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