Have an open dialogue and create a period kit to help ease anxiety.
Women Screaming Silently Into Her Hands
Why can’t tens of thousands of women, birthing persons, and partners get timely access to perinatal mental health care?
Woman sitting amidst a cluttered living room
I was thrust into motherhood believing my instinct would kick in. Instead, being a mom threw me into an earth-shattering identity crisis. 
teddy bear wearing a medical mask
He seemed to only have the strength to cry, and I couldn't even hold his hand. I thought my baby was going to die.
It was my teen years when I became acutely aware that I was, (a) overweight and, (b) didn’t fit the textbook definition of prettiness. 
Envy. It’s one of those emotions we chastise ourselves for. We push the feeling down, and tell ourselves it’s a negative way to think. But what if it's not?