Minisode 8: Surviving

Stephanie talks about her experience with a cascade of stressors when Riley was 6 months old. Returning to work, severe sleep deprivation, weaning, enrollment in an intensive research study, receiving Riley's first hearing aid, postpartum depression and a distant marriage all combined to create a period of difficulty. She talks about the small - and big - steps she took to find her way out, and offers encouragement for others in a dark time as well.