I know Facebook is garbage. But in the pandemic, itâs a lifeline for parents like me.
âI had my principles, but I also had an inconsolable newborn.â
By Meghan NesmithUpdated February 4, 2021, 2:59 a.m.
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When Alex Michener, a childrenâs book editor in Jamaica Plain, woke up violently ill just two weeks after giving birth to her third child in June, one of the first things she did was post to her Facebook group.
âI wrote that it looked like I had appendicitis and was going to have to spend a few days in the hospital away from my newborn,â Michener recalls. âShe was exclusively breastfed and I hadnât begun pumping, so I had no breast milk stored. I was in a panic at being separated from her, and scared about going to the emergency room in the middle of a global health crisis. I think I mostly just wanted someone to tell me it was going to be OK.â