Bringing home a new baby is filled with unforgettable moments, but it also introduces one of the biggest life adjustments many parents will ever experience. Between sleepless nights, endless feedings, diaper changes and learning your baby's routines, it can feel impossible to think about your own emotional well being.
While family members and friends often…
For many new mothers, the earliest weeks of parenthood bring something no one in the delivery room ever mentions: sudden, disturbing mental images involving their baby being harmed. Sometimes those images involve the mother herself.
The thoughts are so unsettling, so completely at odds with the fierce love a mother feels, that most women carry…

