Do you ever feel like ‘damaged goods’ since becoming a Mum?

I felt way more damaged before. Now I feel like I have a purpose that I didn't realize before.

Don't feel like that it lowers your self esteem !

Not personally, but professionally I definitely feel a shift

I do feel like I aged by 10 years.. and planning to get back into shape have a make over or something

If you can’t love yourself , no one else will love you . You’re a beautiful person, always remember that. And if a new man in your life can’t appreciate that, then he wasn’t meant for you any how . A baby & being married prior, should never stop a person from finding true love .

~ don’t feel like “damaged goods” but i’m aware i now do come with “baggage” as they call it … & it would be a lot for any new person to be involved with someone else’ kids but i don’t feel any less about myself 🙏

Yes unfortunately I view having children as having “baggage” that’s why I intentionally wanted to wait until I was in my 30s to start having kids cuz having kids in my teens or 20s would have wrecked me. Having a kid also aged me so I jus don’t view myself as I did before, aging is fine & I embrace it bt again Idk how I would have coped if all this aging happening in my 20s when I was supposed to feel young & free. 😇
I also want to say I view children as baggage not only for moms bt for dads as well. When I was single or if I was single I wouldn’t never date a single dad 😅 that’s jus a preference of mine

There are guys who don’t see you having a child as an issue. Technically it’s baggage but everyone has some form of that. Just be upfront say you have a child. That there is/isn’t contact with the father. And if you and the father are on good/bad terms.

They can make the decision based of what they want from a partner. As kiddo will always be no.1 priority