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Paige Milnbom

Paige Bellenbaum, LCSW, PMH-C, is a licensed clinical social worker, founding director of The Motherhood Center of New York, and maternal mental health consultant/educator.

Aug 24, 2026

4:19
Yeah.
4:20
Mothers go to exorbitant lengths to hide their symptoms and their struggle.
4:27
We live in a culture that has gone above and beyond, especially now, of romanticizing and glamorizing this transition to motherhood.
4:38
It is packaged as this truly blissful, beautiful, most amazing thing that will ever happen to you.
4:44
You will give birth, and the heavens will come, the angels will come down, and the heavens will part, and you'll feel unconditional love and bonding with your baby.
4:51
And as you move through the postpartum period, you will feel this incredible connection.
4:55
You will understand your self-worth.

25 MINS LATER

30:26
What would you, A, challenge them, and B, say to them in this time of it's, it's a lot?

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