When I Was a New Mom, Friendship Saved My Life

I survived postpartum depression with the help of other parents.

Darcy Reeder
P.S. I Love You
Published in
5 min readJan 21, 2019

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Mom friends. Photo by Julie Johnson on Unsplash

The exhaustion was like nothing I could have imagined.

Nursing 12 times a day for sometimes an hour each time, then pumping in-between. She wasn’t gaining weight fast enough. My breast reduction surgery was limiting…

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Darcy Reeder
P.S. I Love You

Empathy for the win! Published in Gen, Human Parts, Heated, Tenderly —Feminism, Sexuality, Veganism, Anti-Racism, Parenting. She/They