{"id":7029193,"date":"2026-08-05T22:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/gina-rodriguez-is-done-pretending-postpartum-is-something-you-do-alone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T22:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:48:28","slug":"gina-rodriguez-is-done-pretending-postpartum-is-something-you-do-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7029193","title":{"rendered":"Gina Rodriguez Is Done Pretending Postpartum Is Something You Do Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

Nine in 10 people say they\u2019re happy to help a new parent. Sixty-two percent of moms say asking for help is the hard part. If you\u2019ve ever dissociated while staring at a well-meaning \u201clet me know if you need anything!<\/a>\u201d text while bleary-eyed from being awake all night with a baby that barely sleeps, you know exactly how wide that gap is. And it\u2019s exactly why Gina Rodriguez wants to help make it way easier for new moms to get the support they need. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was straight debilitated in those first few weeks postpartum,\u201d the actress and mom of two tells Scary Mommy of the tough stretch after welcoming daughter Lucille last year. She\u2019d already done it once with son Charlie, but the second time served as the ultimate reminder that motherhood truly does take a village. So, she\u2019s partnering with Philips Avent on the Share the Care Connector<\/a>: a just-launched SMS tool that organizes a mom\u2019s village for her, whether it\u2019s sending her people time prompts to drop off a meal or just a quick check-in. <\/p>\n

Rodriguez opens up to us about her own postpartum anxiety, what really helped the second time around, and which recent roles she\u2019d be down to return to. <\/p>\n

Scary Mommy: What does it mean to be able to mobilize support in those first few postpartum months?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gina Rodriguez: It’s priceless. I did not have this program when I had my first child or my second, and I know that it would have alleviated so much loneliness and fear. I was straight debilitated in those first few weeks of postpartum.<\/p>\n

It also would remind you that there are people who want to show up for you. After you have a baby and you have that drop of hormones, you believe it could not be more lonely of an experience. Yet, you’re exhilarated because you’re holding onto this beautiful piece of your soul. It’s the dichotomy of those feelings; you don’t even know how to express them or explain them or even hold them within. So for me, the partnership with Philips Avent was imperative because motherhood was never meant to be done alone.<\/p>\n

And, at least for me, it is so hard for me to ask for help.<\/p>\n

SM: 100%, moms really struggle with that.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR: I was always so good at asking for help in my career. When it came to motherhood, it was like this mixture of guilt. I have to do it all by myself. I have to do it for my babies. I want my babies to see Mommy, and Mommy’s the one that has to be there<\/em>. But if Mommy is a shell of a woman, how is Mommy showing up? <\/p>\n

When you uplift moms, it benefits the whole family in a way that I didn’t really recognize until my second child. <\/p>\n

SM: What does it look like when someone shows up in a truly meaningful way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR: Postpartum care does not exist. And I am so blessed. I know I’m blessed. I grew up with very, very little, and I have a very different life now than the way my mom raised us … And still, the greatest gift you can give somebody is your time.<\/p>\n

I don’t need things. I don’t need another baby toy. I needed to talk to somebody at times. I needed somebody to help me with the dishes. I needed somebody to maybe do the laundry so that I could just hold her and not think about how there are no more clean onesies because she just blew out the last four.<\/p>\n

When my daughter was born, my son had croup and he couldn’t be around her without a mask. The guilt, the pain! But I had his godparents, who are my best friends; they stayed with us the whole week \u2026 and they cooked for him and they cleaned and they played with him and they held him and they held him in a way that only I thought I could hold him. They mean everything to me. They don’t even realize that I would give them the world.<\/p>\n

SM: We just wrote about texts to send your mom friend when she\u2019s struggling that aren\u2019t just like, \u2018Let me know if you need anything!\u2019 It\u2019s hard to ask for help, but it\u2019s also hard to know how to give it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

GR: When somebody asked me, \u2018Let me know what you need?\u2019 I’d be like, \u2018I don’t know, but something? Do you know? Can you tell me? Tell me what I need. Please, somebody tell me what I need.\u2019 Because I know there’s a hole \u2026 I feel it. I feel this gaping hole, but what is it? [This initiative] is so curated to make sure that a mom is not being asked that.<\/p>\n

\n
\n