If I’m honest, this is something I wrestle with often. There are days I question everything: What if I’m not cut out to be a stay-at-home mom? What if the things that bring me joy also exist outside the walls of my home? What if I don’t fit neatly into the categories we’ve created for mothers?

Why Preparing for Postpartum Matters as Much as Preparing for Birth When families prepare for a baby, most of the focus is on birth. We attend birth classes, create birth plans, and spend months thinking about the delivery day. But while birth is an important moment, it is only the beginning. The postpartum season, the weeks and months after a baby arrives, is when a mother’s body heals, her identity shifts, and a family adjusts to new rhythms. The Bible reminds us that wis