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So grateful to have been able to provide a space for the fabulous clinical team at The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) to creatively process all that is happening around and within them during an emotional election week.

Holiday season is always emotionally charged, especially for new parents who are stressed about introducing their new bundles to loved ones, attending first family-friendly social gatherings since emerging from their pregnancy or newborn “bubble,” feeling pressure to host, or trying to present themselves as more “put together” than they actually feel during this massive life stage transition.

Behind the scenes of the ongoing maternal mental health crisis that has been exacerbated by pandemic parenting complications, threats to reproductive rights, and shortages of invaluable resources like baby formula and tampons, there is the non-birthing partner or those who identify as the father.

Today marks the 1st day of Pride month. Queer and nonbinary folks face unique challenges on their family building journeys. Popular culture, policy makers, and the medical community too often use terminology that only applies to cisgender and hetero-parent families which can be both frustrating and alienating to the over 11.3 million adults identifying as LGBTQ+.

The term “mommy brain" is used jokingly and sometimes critically to describe the mental “mush” that results from the day to day stress of being a primary caregiver in today’s world.