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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.

May is Maternal Mental Health month. ​​According to leading institutions on maternal mental health, Seleni Institute, Postpartum Support International, and The Postpartum Stress Center, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (a.k.a. PMADs), are one of the most common medical complications related to child-bearing, affecting roughly 1 in 5 new mothers.