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  • Redefining Beauty in Motherhood

    Heather Holter February 2, 2025 Poetry

    Beauty is the softness of and stretchmarks on your tummy where your little miracles grew.

    I Hate My Baby: A Postpartum Story

    Heather Holter November 1, 2018 Postpartum

    All I feel after a 22 hour labor (six of which I were in the transition phase), is relief that it is over. I don't feel joy or love.

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