Feeling disconnected from your partner and after having a baby? You’re not alone. It’s very normal to experience a sense of disconnection from your partner after becoming a parent, and here’s why.
When we become parents, there’s no rulebook to tell us what to do or how to do it. And, for birth mothers It’s a massive life transition that results in an emotional rollercoaster of feelings, and it has a name - matrescence. Matrescence describes the process by which you become a mother and it can change who you are as a person. That huge change can affect how you connect with your baby and your mental load and it can take the spice right out of your relationship with your partner (we’ve got 27 tips to add the spice back in, by the way).
