Gentle Space team
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Articles by Gentle Space team
- I don't feel like myself
Baby blues or something more? How to tell the difference
In the first week or two after birth, many new parents experience a wave of emotion that seems to arrive from nowhere. Tears at small things. A sense of being overwhelmed. A deep, unexpected sadn
GSGentle Space team - I'm trying to conceive
Going through fertility treatment: looking after your mind through IVF and IUI
If you are going through IVF, IUI, or any other fertility treatment, and it feels like it has taken over your mind as much as your body, that makes complete sense. Treatment asks a lot of you: in
GSGentle Space team - I'm trying to conceive
The grief of infertility that no one names
If you are struggling to conceive, you may be carrying a grief that nobody has ever quite named for you. There is no funeral for the child you haven't had, no ritual, no obvious moment to mark it
GSGentle Space team - I'm worried about my baby
The dark thoughts you're afraid to say out loud
This article is going to name something that many new parents experience but almost no one talks about. We're naming it directly because the silence around it causes real harm — and because under
GSGentle Space team - I've experienced a loss
The mental health side of baby loss, and where it can go
If you have lost a baby, at any stage, in any circumstances, we are so sorry. Grief after baby loss is real, and it deserves space, whether you are the one who was pregnant or the partner alongsi
GSGentle Space team - I'm trying to conceive
The mental load of trying to conceive
If trying to conceive has quietly taken over more of your headspace than you expected, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone. What starts as something hopeful and private can turn into
GSGentle Space team - I've experienced a loss
Miscarriage: however early, you're allowed to grieve
If you have lost a pregnancy, we are so sorry. Whatever week you were at, whatever the circumstances, and however you are feeling right now, this is a real loss, and you are allowed to grieve it.
GSGentle Space team - I'm exhausted
Nobody told you it would feel like this
There's a version of early parenthood that exists in the photos. The soft light, the tiny sleeping face, the parent gazing down with something that looks unmistakably like peace. That version is
GSGentle Space team - I don't feel like myself
Not bonding the way you expected — you're not a bad parent
There's a story told about the moment a parent first holds their baby. In this story, something fundamental shifts. A rush of love, profound and immediate. A feeling of recognition, of completion
GSGentle Space team - I've experienced a loss
Pregnancy after loss: joy and fear, tangled together
If you are pregnant again after a loss, whatever that loss was, you may be finding that joy and fear are arriving tangled together, hard to separate, sometimes hard to feel at all. This is an inc
GSGentle Space team - I can't sleep
The small things that actually help when you're running on empty
Self-care advice for new parents often feels like it was written by someone who has never met a new parent. *Take a long bath. Journal. Practise morning meditation.* Sure. Right after the baby sl
GSGentle Space team - I'm exhausted
The loneliness no one talks about
You might have a partner. You might have family nearby. Your phone might be full of messages checking in. And yet — you might feel more alone than you ever have.
GSGentle Space team - I'm worried about my baby
The worry that won't switch off
Some level of worry is normal when you become a parent. You're responsible for a person who cannot tell you if something is wrong. You're navigating an enormous amount of new information. You're
GSGentle Space team - I can't sleep
It's not just tiredness — what sleep deprivation does to your mind
People will tell you you're tired. They'll say it like it's a simple fact, like the solution is just a good night's sleep away if only someone would take the baby. They mean well. But "tired" doe
GSGentle Space team - I'm worried about my baby
When to reach out for more support — and how to do it
One of the hardest things about struggling in early parenthood is knowing when "hard but normal" becomes "I need more than I'm currently getting."
GSGentle Space team - I'm exhausted
When your relationship feels different now
You went into this together. And yet, somewhere in the fog of the first few months, it can start to feel like you're going through it in parallel rather than as a team. Less connected. More like
GSGentle Space team - I can't sleep
Why asking for help is so hard — and why you should anyway
You know, in the abstract, that asking for help is a good thing. You'd say it to a friend without hesitation. *Just ask. Nobody minds. People want to help.*
GSGentle Space team - I don't feel like myself
You are becoming someone new
There is a word — not widely known, but slowly finding its way into the conversation — for the psychological transformation a person undergoes when they become a parent. It's called *matrescence*
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