Postpartum

Seven Months Postpartum: Mothering the Mother

My birthday is coming up.

Mar 14 • Alena Falkengren

Baby at the Beach in the Rain

The days are long and the months are, as everyone said they would be, impossibly short.

Feb 28 • Alena Falkengren

Six Months Postpartum: A Colony of Selves

It’s cold out here.

Jan 26 • Alena Falkengren

Five Months Postpartum: On Wanting Alone Time While Mothering

It’s 5 a.m. I should be sleeping but I can’t.

Dec 23, 2025 • Alena Falkengren

Four Months Postpartum: A Love Letter to My Daughter

I want to bury my face in the crook of your neck and never come up for air.

Dec 12, 2025 • Alena Falkengren

Three Months Postpartum: Out of the Trenches

Now I look at her and my heart clenches with a fierce, desperate love.

Oct 22, 2025 • Alena Falkengren

Two Months Postpartum: Advice I Would Give Myself (And You)

Everything I wish I knew about having a baby.

Sep 23, 2025 • Alena Falkengren

One Month Postpartum: Cry When the Baby Cries

Transitions are rarely, if ever, easy. Our brains get used to things and it takes time to rewire them, even if we transition into something we…

Aug 23, 2025 • Alena Falkengren

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