The postpartum brain fog is real. Even with years of experience seeing it from the outside, I had an impossible time trying to explain how I felt, why I was "moody", why I didn't want to have sex, what I needed help with or didn't want to hear without accidentally offending someone or being told I was crazy (even if they didn't actually use the word "crazy"). This guide is everything I wish I had, everything I learned either from experience or from very helpful psychologists, about having every day, normal conversations that somehow feel impossible.
You know what you need. You know how you feel. But when you actually have to say it out loud — to your partner, your mother-in-law, your doctor, the person asking you for the fourth time today if you're "okay" — the words don't come.
Not because you don't have them. Because your brain is running on no sleep, shifting hormones, and the kind of mental load that doesn't show up on the outside.
Postpartum Scripts gives you the scaffolding. The words, ready to go, for the moments when thinking feels like too much.
What's in it:
Four sections, each built for a specific type of conversation:
Explaining physical recovery — for when your body doesn't look injured but you are exhausted and in pain and nobody can see it
Asking for practical support — for when you need help but guilt, pride, or sheer cognitive overload makes it hard to ask
Naming emotional overload — for when you're overwhelmed and the words "I'm fine" are the only ones coming out
When things feel tense — for the moments when you and your partner are on the same team but it doesn't feel that way right now
Each section gives you ready-to-use phrases — not scripts to memorize, but a starting point when you don't know where to begin.
You've needed to explain how you're feeling and it came out wrong, or didn't come out at all
Conversations about support tend to happen when you're already past your limit
You feel guilty asking for help even when you desperately need it
You know what you need but the words aren't there when you need them
You want something to reach for before the conversation goes sideways
It's a three-page PDF. No fluff, no journalling prompts, no affirmations.
Just the words. Organized by situation.
Postpartum Scripts — $9 CAD
Instant PDF download.
Yours to keep, print, screenshot, or send to your partner before the conversation starts.