🌸 Postpartum, Black Motherhood & The Power of Self-Care 🌸

Motherhood is beautiful — but it’s also overwhelming, life-changing, and sometimes, deeply isolating. Postpartum experiences don’t always match the “perfect mom” image we see on TV or social media. For many women, especially Black women, postpartum challenges often go overlooked, dismissed, or minimized. It’s time we change that conversation.

🖤 The Truth About Postpartum & Black Women

Research shows that Black women are 2-3 times more likely to experience maternal mental health issues such as postpartum depression and anxiety. Yet, too often, our pain is overlooked. Whether it’s due to cultural stigma, lack of resources, or healthcare bias, Black mothers are not always given the support and compassion we deserve during one of the most vulnerable times of our lives.

And it’s not just about statistics — it’s about lived experiences. Many of us are balancing motherhood with school, careers, marriages, and personal struggles, while also carrying generational expectations to always be “strong.”

But here’s the truth: strength also means asking for help and making space for ourselves.

🌿 My Journey With Postpartum

When I had my babies, I struggled more than I expected. Between sleepless nights, shifting hormones, and trying to balance being a partner, a mother, and myself, there were days I felt completely lost.

I battled postpartum depression and anxiety, and some days felt heavier than others. But what I learned is that it doesn’t make me “less of a mom” — it makes me human.

What’s been helping me is self-care in small but intentional ways. For me, that means journaling my thoughts when they feel overwhelming, taking relaxing baths to reset, creating self-care rituals with my products, and allowing myself grace on the hard days. Slowly, I’ve learned that taking care of me makes me a better mom to my kids.

💎 Why Self-Care Matters for Moms

Self-care isn’t selfish — it’s survival. For postpartum moms, it can look different for everyone:

✨ Taking 10 minutes to breathe, stretch, or pray.
✨ Journaling thoughts to release the mental weight.
✨ Using calming body scrubs, teas, or baths as a moment of peace.
✨ Talking openly about struggles with a trusted friend, therapist, or partner.
✨ Allowing yourself to not “do it all” in one day.

For Black women especially, reclaiming self-care is an act of resistance and love. It reminds us that we are worthy of rest, softness, and joy — even while navigating the hardest parts of motherhood.

🌸 You’re Doing the Best You Can

To every mom reading this — please hear me: you are doing enough. The messy days don’t define your worth. The tears don’t erase the love you give your children. And needing help does not mean you are weak.

Postpartum should be talked about more, and Black women’s experiences should be taken seriously. Until that becomes the norm, let us hold each other up and remind one another that we are not alone.

So, mama, take that moment for yourself today. Run the bath, light the candle, write in the journal, or just sit in silence with your own breath. You deserve it.

💜 Always remember: at the end of the day, you matter.