Introducing The Birth of a Mother

Rachel receives a life-threatening diagnosis while pregnant and is brought to the brink of feeling she will die as a new mom. What ends up saving her life?

Miriam's background is rich with motherhood expertise. She's a social worker for children, a birth doula, and a lactation consultant. What could possibly go wrong?

Jhina's transition into motherhood is a roller-coaster with the title of "mother" being held in the balance. Follow her journey through the foster to adopt process and find out what happens when someone threatens her chance at keeping her family.

Brittany is a fixer. She researches, plans, and swiftly solves whatever is thrown her way. But ten days into motherhood, she's handed a problem she can’t fix and can’t escape. What does Brittany do, when for the first time in her life, she can't solve what's going wrong? And how does she cope when it involves the highest of stakes - her success as a mother?

Welcome to The Birth of a Mother, a storytelling series about one of the most complex transformations one can experience – matrescence – the transition into motherhood.