What is matrescence?

Matrescence is the developmental transition into motherhood, including identity, body, brain, relationships, nervous system, grief, support needs, and selfhood.

Definition

Matrescence is the process of becoming a mother. It is not only pregnancy or postpartum recovery; it is a whole-person developmental transition that touches identity, hormones, nervous-system load, relationships, body, sexuality, work, friendship, and support.

Why It Matters

Naming matrescence gives mothers a map for experiences that are often dismissed as personal failure: feeling lost, grieving a former self, feeling overstimulated, or carrying love and loss at the same time.

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