MOTHERHOOD ISN’TLOOKING FINE.
She said she was fine.
Ask her twice.
A World Mental Health Day Conversation
MOTHERHOOD DOESN’T FIT NEATLY INTO “I’M FINE.”
- It’s joy and fear.
- Love and loss.
- Gratitude and exhaustion.
- Trying to conceive.
- Waiting for a heartbeat.
- Bringing a baby home.
- Leaving one in the NICU.
- Loving motherhood and missing who you were before it.
Baby safety + maternal mental health belong in the same conversation.
VillageFor and Owlet are working together to support moms beyond baby’s wellbeing, bringing maternal mental health into the conversation during one of the most vulnerable transitions in a woman’s life.
MILF has spent decades telling us something about how a mother looks.
- How quickly she bounced back.
- Whether she looks tired.
- Whether she looks like herself again.
But you can’t always see how a mother is doing by looking at her.
Motherhood Isn’t Looking Fine.
THIS IS WHAT MOTHERHOOD REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
NOW TELL US YOURS.
WHAT WOMEN
ARE SAYING
MOTHERHOOD ISloving this life and still missing my old one.
MOTHERHOOD ISbeing terrified something will happen to them even when everything is okay.
MOTHERHOOD ISbeing happy for her pregnancy and heartbroken about mine.
MOTHERHOOD ISfinally getting the baby I prayed for and wondering why I’m not happier.
MOTHERHOOD ISloving them more than anything and still needing a break.
MOTHERHOOD ISbeing happy for her and heartbroken for me.
MOTHERHOOD ISsaying I’m fine because I don’t know how to explain that I’m not.
Ask Her Twice is a movement to change the way we see, hear and show up for mothers.
ASK HER TWICE.THEN KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
Asking again matters. Knowing what to say when she answers matters too.
The Ask Her Twice Toolkit gives you practical ways to check in, listen, recognize when she may need more support, and show up when she tells you how she’s really doing.