08/28/2026
The world is talking about postpartum mental health right now.
The Lindsay Clancy case has brought words like postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, maternal mental health, and inadequate postpartum care into conversations across the country.
And while the circumstances of her case are devastating and complex, I keep coming back to one question:
Who takes care of the mother?
We spend nine months watching her closely.
We check her blood pressure. Draw her blood. Measure her belly. Monitor the baby. Schedule appointment after appointment. We tell her what to eat, what medications she can take, what symptoms are concerning, and exactly when she should call her doctor.
Then she gives birth.
And suddenly, so much of that attention shifts to the baby.
Of course it does. That baby is precious.
But so is she.
In my newest blog, Who Takes Care of the Mother?, I’m talking about postpartum mental health and the enormous gaps that still exist in the way we care for women after they give birth.
I’m also sharing a piece of my current postpartum journey—having my baby in the NICU—and what it has meant to have a nurse who understood that caring for my son also meant caring for his mother.
We constantly hear that motherhood is the greatest job in the world and the hardest job in the world.
So why does the healthcare surrounding that job still leave so many women feeling like they are expected to figure it out alone?
Maybe this moment in the national conversation can become something more than headlines.
Maybe it can make us listen.
Maybe it can make us ask better questions.
Maybe it can make us take mothers seriously when they say they are not okay.
Because taking care of the baby should never mean forgetting to take care of the mother. 🤍
“Who Takes Care of the Mother?” — my newest blog is up now.
