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title: "Tag: working mom"
url: https://papercranebirth.com/blog/tag/working+mom/
description: "Posts filed under working mom on the Paper Crane blog by Vanessa Hawke, childbirth educator and doula in Central Connecticut."
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# Tag: working mom

April 27, 2018

### [Dear New Mama: Please Be Gentle With Yourself](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/2018/4/27/dear-new-mama-please-be-gentle-with-yourself/)

[postpartum period](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/category/postpartum+period/) · [parenting](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/category/parenting/) · [motherhood](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/category/motherhood/) · [newborns](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/category/newborns/) · [planning ahead](https://papercranebirth.com/blog/category/planning+ahead/)

I had this vision of myself post-baby: exercising and pursuing other hobbies regularly, cooking balanced meals, helping my husband keep the house clean and tidy, being stress-free at work, socializing with friends, and spending quality time on my marriage - all with my baby…