Relationships
How To Make Friends As A New Mom
We’ve all heard it before – new moms feel isolated, lonely, and overwhelmed. Abandoned by their single and childless friends, they face day after day of bodily drudgery with no one to talk to but a needy, nonverbal infant. How accurate is this picture, and could there be more to the story?
By Greta Waldon5 min read
When we had our first baby in the spring of 2022, I was definitely unprepared for how big of a lifestyle change I was in for. While I’d spent my entire pregnancy researching things like natural childbirth, baby registry do’s and don’t’s, and how to have a healthy pregnancy, nothing in my research or our culture really clued me in to what was coming – a totally new, totally unique human being who would depend on me for everything.