You see a friend or family member who is pregnant. You want to share in the excitement, show support, and be helpful. However, you also feel a sudden wave of anxiety. You worry about saying the wrong thing or making her uncomfortable. This is a common feeling. Many people struggle with the unspoken rules of
Dr. Chandus
You just had a baby. Everyone around you is celebrating. Your mother is cooking pepper soup. Your mother-in-law has arrived from the village. WhatsApp notifications have not stopped for three days.
And you are sitting in the corner, crying, and you do not know why.
Dr. Chandus
I hear versions of these statements constantly from mothers in clinic, in my DMs, in comments on my posts. And I want to address this directly, because a lot of what Nigerian mothers believe about low milk supply is simply not accurate. And those beliefs are causing women to stop breastfeeding before it is necessary.
Dr. Chandus
The first trimester is, for many women, the strangest twelve weeks of their lives.
You may feel more exhausted than you have ever felt not tired in the way that sleep fixes, but a bone-deep, can’t-keep-my-eyes-open fatigue that arrives without warning and does not politely excuse itself.
You may feel nauseous from the moment you open your eyes.
Dr. Chandus
Your information will never be shared with any third party
