A letter to my 6 days postpartum self
Last Thanksgiving I was only 6 days postpartum. At 6 days postpartum, my milk had just recently come in and I was still trying to get the hang of breastfeeding. I wasn’t yet comfortable trying it publicly and still struggled to get my baby to latch correctly. At 6 days postpartum, I was deep in the throes of hormonal hell, experiencing sharp contrasts between drenching sweats and whole body, teeth-chattering shivers. My hormones had just dropped (from the equivalent of taking