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If youāve ever felt unseen, misunderstood, or erased as a mother, this is for you.
50 years is long enough to wait for support for and recognition of matrescence.
Itās time to define these experiences on our own terms.
Itās time to GAF about mothers.
Sign the petition in our bio.
#MakeMatrescenceMainstream
āOur whole identity becomes about the nurturer, the carer, the provider for this baby. And ourselves - and the shifts that we go through - are seen as an afterthought.ā
@mumologist Dr Emma Svanberg, clinical psychologist, on a culture that prepares us entirely for that moment of birth - and not at all for who we become after it.
Watch the full panel on our Matrescence hub - link in bio.
The conversations every new mother deserves to hear.
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Full panel from our Maternal Mental Health Week panel now live in our matrescence hub - link in bio.ā
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What an honor it was to bring together these four incredible women to talk openly about matrescence, maternal mental health, and everything in betweenā¦
The response has been overwhelming, and weāre SO proud to be facilitating such important conversations, the kind of conversation every new mother deserves to hear.
Thank you so much to Taylor, Aurelie, Emma and Abi š«¶ and everyone else who tuned in and made this what it was.
The full panel is now live on our matrescence hub - link in bio to watch.
We are absolutely here for Met Gala chaos. But today is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day, and the state of maternal healthcare in 2026 is dystopian. If we can memorize every outfit from Monday night, we can make space for this too xxxxā
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IB: @shityoushouldcareabout (the very best)
Is this part of matrescence - or could it be something more?
Where do we draw the line? Letās talk about itā¦
This Thursday, together with @tommeetippeeuk@tommeetippeenorthamerica and in support of @mmhalliance weāre bringing together four experts to talk openly about matrescence, maternal mental health, and everything in between - the feelings that are normal, the signs that something more might be going on, and the questions that so many mothers have been too afraid to ask out loud.
Got a question or donāt know where to start? Join us liveā¦
Researchers at UCSF just discovered a completely new type of cell, that we've never seen before - one that only exists during pregnancy. Found in the uterine lining, these cells appear at the very start of pregnancy and act as a regulator, controlling how deeply the placenta embeds into the uterus and establishing blood flow to your baby.ā
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They've been studying pregnancy for centuries, and your body is still surprising them š¤·āāļø
