Motherly Story

The transition to becoming a mother is so intense—

and there’s a name for it

Thank you to Mariah Maddox of Mother.ly for bringing visibility to matrescence!

The process of becoming a mother is a developmental passage where a woman transitions through pre-conception, pregnancy and birth, surrogacy or adoption, to the postnatal period and beyond.
— Aurelie Athan, Ph.D.
SWG Project