A little rant about motherhood

Sad how from pregnancy to long hours of labor (mine was 47 hours of failed 2 induce, end up in csection), to giving birth, everybody is so focused on asking about the baby, and only the baby. Nobody ever ask about the mother. How is she, how she’s feeling, is she alright mentally, is she coping well, is she in pain, is she recovering well, does she need any help, whats on her mind etc. It’s definitely a very lonely journey as everybody is only concern about the baby cause apparently everybody have the mindset of women are built to go through all these therefore they can go through this. I too want to be cared for, asked about. Yes, I am still in pain from the labor, and no I am not mentally fine. But i guess just have to suck it up and pretend you’re fine. #firsttimemom

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Totally understand how u feel! As FTM 3 years ago, it definitely felt very overwhelming and it sucks when ppl only obsessed with the baby. Worst when everyone kept saying tt baby was cute just like the father. It sucks esp tt I'm more tanned than my hubby and everyone (mostly hubby's side) says baby is cute and fair cz of the father. Like WTH I used to be fair too just tt they had never seen me as a kid. ugh. Feels ugh esp with the struggle of breastfeeding too. Hang on mummy, as difficult as it is, learn to ignore all those ppl. Speak to ur hubby if possible tt u need TLC too. If u have a caring mom, do speak to her too she'll understand. For me, I was extremely thankful for having my mom always checking on me and staying with me during my confinement. Even so, I still had the postnatal blues due to the struggles of breastfeeding due to low supply. This time rd fir my 2nd, I feel like I'm abit more mentally prepared even though my mom won't be ard during my confinement. Don't worry, it gets better mommy!

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