Doula Wisdom Blog

Just as a new year can open a doorway to a new you… postpartum also offers this opportunity. There is no doubt that birth changes people and there is no ‘going back’. How people choose to embrace the transformation will effect how they transition.

Matrescence - the time of becoming a mother

The time after giving birth changes how a person feels; physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally....

Have you heard of Matrescence?

It has many similarities to adolescence.

In the 1970’s, anthropologist Dana Raphael coined the term ‘matrescence’ - “The time of becoming a mother”. It is used to describe the physical and emotional transformation that mothers make when a baby is born. The transition also greatly effects partners and family members.

Some of the similarities between adolescence ...