Postpartum Party — Why You Should Skip the Baby Shower & Get In on This Brilliant Mommy Craze

As tradition would have it, most mothers-to-be have a baby shower before their new little bundle arrives. Guests fill the house with gifts, cake and diapers, and those closest to the mama-to-be, shower her in love and presents in preparation for the baby that is soon to come.

But a new craze is making its way onto the scene, and while it goes against the grain of tradition, it’s a trend we can get behind.

Rather than having prenatal celebrations, more and more moms are starting to have postpartum parties, in which THEY are cared for AFTER the baby arrives.

In a culture that stigmatizes mental illness, it’s no wonder that anything with the word “postpartum,” automatically triggers an association with depression.

We often hear about postpartum depression as some shameful experience that only a few mothers go through. But the reality is that postpartum depression is REAL and it effects 10-15% of new moms. It’s not choosey in who it claims as victim, and it’s rooted in loneliness.

Think about it. New moms are some of the loneliest, most isolated people on the planet. For weeks and even months on end, they spend their days inside the house feeding, burping, and changing this brand new little human, then doing laundry and cleaning the house when they should be napping themselves.

While baby showers are a great way to give gifts, postpartum parties are a way to help new parents when and how they need it most: during the emotional and physical recovery of the first six weeks after giving birth.

Some have taken on the party-planning task themselves, while other pregnant mamas have their best friend do the coordinating for their postpartum party.


Bri Lamm
Bri Lamm
Bri Lamm is the Editor of foreverymom.com. An outgoing introvert with a heart that beats for adventure, she lives to serve the Lord, experience the world, and eat macaroni and cheese all while capturing life’s greatest moments on one of her favorite cameras. Follow her on Facebook.

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