Resources & Articles by Matrescence
Surviving Toddler Sleep Regression Without Losing Yourself
You were finally sleeping. After months of newborn survival mode, after the four-month regression, after the eight-month regression, after whatever that hellish stretch was around fourteen months — you had found your rhythm. Your child was sleeping through the night....
Gentle Parenting Isn’t Working—Now What?
You tried it. You really did. You read the books, followed the accounts, and committed to responding with empathy instead of anger. You got down to your child's level. You validated the feelings behind the tantrum. You explained your reasoning instead of just saying...
NBC Chicago’s Mental Health, Functional Medicine, and Menopause: The Struggle and The Support
We’re so honored to share that our practice was recently featured in NBC Chicago, in a series by Kate Chappell highlighting the emotional and physical realities of perimenopause and menopause. For so many moms, this season of life can feel confusing, overwhelming, and...
What Happens After a Miscarriage: The Physical, Emotional, and Hormonal Reality
When you're told you're having a miscarriage, everything else goes quiet. The immediate crisis takes over. But then you go home, and you're left wondering: what now? What happens after a miscarriage to your body, your hormones, your emotions, your life? Nobody really...
Sex After Miscarriage: Navigating Intimacy When Everything Feels Broken
Nobody warns you about this part. Everyone talks about the physical recovery from miscarriage, the emotional grief, the logistics of trying again. But nobody really prepares you for what happens to intimacy, to touch, to sex after miscarriage. Maybe your body doesn't...
Surviving a Miscarriage: How to Begin Healing After Loss
Nobody prepares you for what healing after miscarriage actually looks like. You think grief has a timeline, that there's a right way to get through this, that eventually you'll wake up and just feel... normal again. But healing after miscarriage isn't linear. It's...
The Truth About Miscarriage: Updated Statistics and Facts You Need to Know
When you're going through a miscarriage, it can feel like the loneliest experience in the world. You might wonder if your body failed you, if you did something wrong, or why this is happening to you specifically. Here's something nobody tells you until you're in it:...
Overstimulated Mom? A Gentler Way to Start the New Year
If you are entering the new year already feeling exhausted, irritable, or emotionally thin, you are not failing. You may be an overstimulated mom, and that is far more common than most people talk about. An overstimulated mom is not a weak mom or an ungrateful mom....
Miscarriage Support: How to Show Up with Compassion
Miscarriage is far more common than many people realize, yet it is often experienced in silence. Whether it happens early in pregnancy or later on, miscarriage can leave a deep emotional imprint. For many, the physical experience passes quickly, but the emotional...
Secondary Infertility: When Growing Your Family Feels Harder Than Expected
Secondary infertility can be one of the most confusing and emotionally painful experiences for people who want to grow their family. You may already have a child. You may have conceived before without medical intervention. And yet, this time, pregnancy is not...
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