Sarah Hollingsworth shares her experience of postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter AJ in May 2019. Relocating to Austin shortly after giving birth left her feeling isolated and unprepared. Despite a successful career leading global trade show teams, she struggled with motherhood, feeling out of control and lacking basic self-care. Her difficult experiences, including painful breastfeeding and sleepless nights, contributed to her realization of depression, leading to her resignation from her corporate job after returning from maternity leave.
I thought I would intrinsically know what to do with a baby, but it wasn't like that. ... I was frantically crying... and I didn't even know newborn clothes existed.
Breastfeeding was very painful, and AJ was a horrible sleeper. My hormones were out of whack, my world had shifted, I was isolated in a new city, and small things would set me over the edge.
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