Kylie Hempy

I’m a perinatal therapist (PMH-C, AMFT #136430), and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat in a session with a new client as they cried, “this wasn’t what I expected”.

The truth is: I know how that feels. My experience in each step of motherhood, from infertility and loss to pregnancy, postpartum, and toddlerhood, was not what I expected.

I love being a mom: I think parenthood is a gift. But too many of us...