The Nursery and Postpartum Mental Health as Horror

Mariquita and Steph sit down to discuss Szilvia Molnar’s debut novel, The Nursery, which examines one woman’s struggles with overwhelming postpartum fear and disconnection. They reflect on how the book mirrored their own experiences and the disservice we do by not discussing the daunting reality of new parenthood.

Books mentioned:

The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian

Also mentioned:

What We Still Don’t Understand About Postpartum Psychosis- https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/what-we-still-dont-understand-about-postpartum-psychosis

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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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