Category: The Lies

• “I don’t feel the bond.”

  

  “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you” Isaiah 66:13 “I don’t feel the bond.” I cringed as I spoke those words to my friend. I loved my baby, I really did. I just didn’t feel like we had reached a point of deep connection between mother and daughter. That was a…

  Bethany Roisland

  August 21, 2024

  depression, The Lies

  anxiety, baby, baby blues, BIble, Christian, Christianity, God, Jesus, mental health, mother, newborn, perinatal anxiety, perinatal depression, perinatal hormones, postpartu, postpartum, postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, postpartum emotions, postpartum hormones

• You Don’t Have to Breastfeed–Pt 2 “7 Reasons I Chose Not To”

  

  Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Philippians 2:4 Earlier this year I wrote a blog post titled “You Don’t Have to Breastfeed — Pt 1: Stop the Shame” and promised readers that I would create a part two of the series explaining why…

  Bethany Roisland

  May 6, 2024

  birth trauma, depression, The Lies, Uncategorized

  afterbirth, anxiety, baby, BIble, birth recovery, birth trauma, bith recovery, bottle fed, bottle feeding, breastfed, breastfeeding, c-section, c-section recovery, Christian, Christianity, csection, doubt, faith, fear, formula feeding, formulafed, God, hope, Jesus, mental health, motherhood, nehemiah, new mom, parenting, post birth healing, post birth trauma, postpartum, postpartum body, postpartum depression, postpartum healing, trauma motherhood

• The Lie of “I’m Not Contributing”

  

  “This is your last year, Bethany.” I heard the Holy Spirit’s familiar prompting and I knew He was telling me that my season of teaching was ending. For months I had felt His nudging towards focusing on our family and staying home with our new baby. When the school year ended, out of obedience, I…

  Bethany Roisland

  October 12, 2023

  anxiety, depression, The Lies

  anxiety, BIble, career, faith, how long does postpartum anxiety last, how long does postpartum depression last, Jesus, medication, mental health, moms, ntidepressant, perinatal anxiety, perinatal depression, postpartum, postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, postpartum depression symptoms, stay at home mom, stay at home parent, Symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression