Why We Advise Moms to Join Mom Communities

In recent conversations with a first-time mom, she voiced her experience with motherhood so far. The sleep deprivation, being the default comfort parent, being the sole food source and having very little time to herself was starting to take a toll.
She had anticipated all the work that comes with a newborn and even though she had tried to mentally prepare herself, the reality of the newborn phase hit her hard. She was drained.

The truth is motherhood can feel very overwhelming and sometimes lonely in the first months of being with your newborn. At this point it’s a non-negotiable that moms have support from both family & friends and from other moms.

Supportive family and friends are primarily for emotional and physical support. They (in the capacity that they can) try to understand what you’re going through emotionally and support you as well as help out with house chores like cooking, cleaning and errands.
But that’s all they can do, “try to understand”.

Members of a mom community on the other actually understand exactly what you’re going through when you’re going through it. Either because they’re currently experiencing it or just recently did. Belonging to a community of people with a common shared experience will impact members on a deeper level.

That’s why we continually encourage moms (especially new moms) to find and join mom communities they feel comfortable in.
That’s why when building Bloomers we made sure users could interact with one another like they would in a WhatsApp Group chat.
That’s why we’ve built our social media platforms on the principles of community and support