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A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks

A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks

Sacks breaks down the emotional tug-of-war of becoming a new mother -- and shares a term that could help describe it: matrescence.

TED Talks Daily · TED

August 30, 20186m 19s

Show Notes

When a baby is born, so is a mother -- but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed as postpartum depression. In this quick, informative talk, reproductive psychiatrist Alexandra Sacks breaks down the emotional tug-of-war of becoming a new mother -- and shares a term that could help describe it: matrescence.

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