Motherhood Shouldn’t Feel Like This: The Truth Behind Our Mental Health Collection
- Samantha Hall
- Apr 14
- 3 min read
Motherhood wasn’t supposed to feel like this.
Exhausted. Anxious. Touched out.Lonely in a house full of people.Staring at the ceiling at night, wondering if you’re doing enough. Or if you’re even in there anymore.
But somewhere along the way, we were told that was normal. Being a mom means losing yourself. The mental load is just part of the deal. That your joy comes second now. Or not at all.
This collection is our way of saying: No. This isn’t how it has to be.
This Is Maternal Mental Health
When we talk about maternal mental health, we are going beyond postpartum mood disorders. And yes, those matter, so. so. much. But this isn’t just about clinical diagnoses.
This is about:
The invisible emotional labor of motherhood
The mental gymnastics of “being everything for everyone”
The identity crisis no one warned you about
The guilt that creeps in any time you think about needing more
The whispered thought: Is this really all there is?
And the worst part? We're expected to be grateful for it all.
According to the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, over 80% of women will experience emotional changes in the first year of motherhood (MMHLA, 2024). But we don’t have space to talk about what those changes do to us.
Instead, we’re told “it’s not about you anymore” like that’s a badge of honor. But what if it could still be, at least a little bit, about you?
Why We’re Doing Monthly Drops Starting Now
This isn’t just a merch line. This is about making mental health visible in the everyday.
Starting now, Welcome Mama will launch a new drop every month three to five intentional pieces that speak to what moms are really going through.
This month, we’re dropping the Maternal Mental Health Collection. This one is a lot bigger collection (because we got carried away).
Because the daily struggle of motherhood deserves space. Because survival isn’t the goal. Because you should get to enjoy parts of your life, too.
And because we’re done pretending this is just “how it is.”
Every launch will include something Just a Mom. Because being Just a Mom isn’t about being less than it’s about calling out the system that reduces us to only this role, and using that to show our power.
We are just moms. And we’re also people.
People who matter.
People who are still becoming.
People who deserve joy and mental clarity and real support.
This isn’t merch for the sake of merch. This is our message on fabric, in public, and like.. a little in your face (in a nice way).
Want to Be First to Shop?
The Just a Mom Moms Club gets early access to every monthly drop.
That includes the Maternal Mental Health Collection on May 1.
Sources
Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance. (2024). Fact Sheet. Retrieved from https://www.mmhla.org/
Postpartum Support International. (2023). Perinatal Mental Health Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.postpartum.net/learn-more/statistics/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2023). Maternal Mental Health. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/depression/index.htm
Author: Written by Sam Thomson Hall, founder of Welcome Mama, matrescence educator, content creator, and mom who knows what it’s like to disappear in the name of motherhood. This post is part of the Moms for Motherhood movement—built for moms redefining what it means to be “just a mom.”
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