2. Understanding the Simultaneous Feelings Motherhood Holds with Katy Huie Harrison

Today’s discussion with my friend, Katy Huie Harrison, is a vulnerable one where we both get real on our own personal experiences with postpartum anxiety. Katy is a PhD, author, mom, loss mom, and the founder of Undefining Motherhood. She helps moms through the tough transitions of all stages of motherhood by providing reliable, easy to understand, and judgment free information.Katy shares the moment that she realized she had postpartum anxiety and explains that oftentimes parents who struggle with infertility or miscarriage tend to suffer more from postpartum mood disorders. Katy even shares the story of when she thought that she might have made a mistake by having a child. If you’ve been there, or have had similar thoughts, Katy’s relatability and honesty will make you feel less alone.We touch on what it’s like if you’re partner might be going through a tough time postpartum, what the word matrescence means and why we aren’t as familiar with it, and how it’s okay if you don’t feel that overwhelming sense of love and joy the moment your baby first touches your chest.Follow the Moms of the Night Podcast on Instagram: @momsofthenightpodcastKaty’s Pregnancy PlannerFollow Katy on Instagram - @undefininingmotherhoodundefiningmotherhood.com