05/28/2026
1 in 7 birthing parents women experience postpartum depression. How many intended parents do you think do, too?
The transition into parenthood is so stark for many intended parents. The sleeplessness, anxiety, identity shift, fear, responsibility, and emotional overwhelm don’t disappear just because someone else carried the pregnancy.
The truth is, we don’t really know the answer. Almost nobody is studying it. But I know I’ve met so many intended parents with clinical presentations of Postpartum, Grief, and carrying trauma responses after making it to the finish line of their family building dreams.
We. Need. To. Talk. About. Postpartum.