Human Parts
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Human Parts

Nami Bhasin

Oct 31, 2018

17 min read

The Summer of My Husband’s Postpartum Depression

When I swapped parenting roles with my spouse, I never imagined he’d take on my stay-at-home-mom angst

Photo: Nik Shuliahin/Unsplash

NNatalie, my therapist, leaned in and looked at me. “What can you ask for from your husband to help make things easier on you at home?”

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Nami Bhasin

Nami Bhasin

Punjabi | Sikh | New Yorker | The Last Knicks Fan | Currently living in Boulder, CO. I believe in play as an act of resistance. patreon.com/NamiThompson

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