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Article: A Sisterhood of Motherhood In Pittsfield, a group of new moms offers companionship, support and a break from isolation
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- June 28, 2007
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Seventeen new moms have found a way to fight an often-overlooked
problem after birth: the isolation and loss of socialization that can
come with having a baby.
Pittsfield Stay At Home Moms meets once a week.
"There were days that went by when I did not speak to another
adult," said Jessica Eldridge, mother of 5-month-old Jordan Eldridge.
"I moved to Pittsfield from the Lewiston-Auburn area last
November, and I had just had Jordan and I was feeling pretty
isolated," she said Tuesday.
Eldridge was so lonely, she said, that she followed another mom
through the grocery store, convincing her to come to the Stay At Home
Moms gathering.
"It worked. She came," Eldridge said.
That mom was Kristine ...