Has motherhood ever been easy for anyone?

You are not alone in that feeling. It’s so hard!! It’s the hardest thing I have ever done.
I’ll be honest, those people are lying lol or they don’t know what’s coming haha.
Don’t worry Momma, you’re doing great. Amazing!! Some days will be better than others.

It's hard AF. Wayyy harder than my office job. It actually feels like a vacation in comparison

Hardest thing ever. People appear to have it together, but I promise it's just all a ruse and they only share the highlight reels. Those that are confident before having kids are in for an awakening lol.

My therapist described parenting like an iceberg, you only see the tip of it and not all the enormity underneath the surface. I can tell you that I've been told I'm a great mother; engaged, fun, social and always "happy". So much that I'm constantly told I should have another (I'm once and done, by choice). What they don't see is the hours of therapy, medication, self care and partner support that goes to treating my PPD and PPA.

I have been completely honest and upfront with people but I can tell you most are uncomfortable with this topic. So it's necessarily a ruse but when you've been made to feel that the topic is taboo too many times you just don't talk about it.

Totally feel this 🥺 sometimes I just push my emotions aside and just keep doing what I’m doing. I feel like I’ve lost myself, feel like I lost so much confidence in myself. My world is totally upside down - I’m there with you haha

It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I’ve had some really challenging jobs in consulting before this. I feel so defeated and alone sometimes, but always thankful for the small wins. You got this mama!

My baby is 11 months and I love it!!! If my husband wasn’t helpful I wouldn’t feel this way

I feel the same way. It’s really hard. It’s made me lose a lot of my confidence and has spiked so much anxiety for me. It’s hard to never ever get a break or a minute to yourself. I’m not a “go with the flow” person, I’m a type A, need to have a plan kind of person but with kids it doesn’t work this way lol. Everything is so unpredictable and I find that hard to navigate sometimes. I also thought it would be so much fun to go out with my baby and have mom dates or play dates but I find myself stuck to my house most of the times because of naps/schedules.

It is hard and I am so lucky to have a supportive partner who does so much. But two emotions can be true at the same time. I can be frustrated and tired and mental drained at the same time as happy and hopeful.

I am an over prepared kind of person and it stems from a lot of anxiety over all the worst case scenarios and trying to plan for it

It's hard, before I gave birth I felt so prepared and confident, I took all the classes did research on whatever I felt was needed and I feel like shit all the time. I'm constantly tired and over stiumulated. When my husband comes home I burst into tears.

NE👏VER👏 easy, not for a day😅, and nooothing can prepare you for this 💩 Lol. This comes from someone who had a career for over 20yrs with infants and toddlers, even in the the special needs area. Emotional, physical and mental boundaries tested to the Max every day at 1 point or another🫣. Know that you aren't alone, and it means that you are doing an A-mazing job that you get up and keep going every damn day even if that means just hanging out at home watching your LO play💛

HARD!!! Especially when you have no village to help and husband that works so much and you feel bad to ask for help since you’re home. I feel better only after she turned 1 year old but it has been a rollercoaster! I wondered the same every time I saw posts on instagram of mothers posting about their children and spoke to people who had children who are older. But the older mothers forgot a lot of struggles they went through and the ones on insta don’t post about their struggles…

Thank you so much all Mummas for sharing your experience and thoughts on this 🙏 I feel better that I am not the only one but it's indeed HARD. I relate to each and every comment here from you all and wishing more power to all super moms here 💓

So so hard! I love her so much, but somedays I just feel over stimulated. And I am exhausted! I also have found it very hard on my mental health and am pretty sure I will be one and done too.