It's going to be fleeting, and yet, you are going to feel it forever. We only get so many moments that can be summed up as the best moment of our lives and this is one of them. This moment will change you and stay with you until the grave. I envy the moment your baby is placed on your chest in what will certainly be one of, if not the most, euphoric moment of your life. Your baby is beautiful and so are you.Īctively surround yourself with a group of women who reinforce these truths in your life and delete, unfollow and ignore anyone who doesn't. Your postpartum feelings and emotions are valid and important.
The disparity between how expecting moms and new moms are treated is extreme, and we as a society need to do better. In fact, perhaps I felt even worse than invisible-I felt like someone who wasn't worthy of the title "mom" to such a precious, perfect human being. Yes, people continued to swoon over my gorgeous newborn when she arrived, but I quickly felt invisible to everyone but my baby and other new moms who were in the thick of it too. People treated me like a beautiful, mythical creature, and man, did I feel like I was walking on sunshine during those cherished months. To this day, I feel the occasional phantom flutter and my heart skips a beat as my mind takes me back to the days when it was just my baby and me.īeing pregnant with my first baby felt a lot like being engaged. Yes, holding your baby in your arms is a thousand times better than any wiggle in your belly, but there is a quiet loneliness that comes when they go away, one that I never anticipated. You alone are the only person who will ever know what it feels like to carry your baby what a joy it is to soak in that sacred intimacy. I envy you as you feel your baby kick and cartwheel in your belly. Remember what this fire in your heart feels like because you will want to hold onto it for forever. Those beautiful mysteries are so short-lived. What will my baby look like? What will I say to her when we meet? How will my husband react when he sees her for the first time? But during those last months of pregnancy, my heart felt magic that you rarely find as an adult. Yes, easier said in retrospect without the pains of a growing belly, the sleepless nights and the constant trips to the bathroom. I envy your childlike anticipation as you count down the months, weeks, days and hours until you meet your baby. So, to all the new mamas out there awaiting their baby: So wonderful in fact that I would go back and live it again and again, which is why it is with bittersweet envy that I celebrate expecting moms and the amazing moments ahead of them. I am blessed beyond measure for the days that have gone by and I pray vigorously for the days to come. Each moment, big and small, is imprinted on my heart and I wouldn't change a single thing. Just like that, two years have passed since I was waiting for my own baby to arrive. And now as I connect and swoon with first-time mamas about join the sisterhood, I realize I am actually a little envious of them.Įvery stage goes by so quickly. This is why the sisterhood of motherhood sticks so closely together-we need each other. Once I got to the other side, I quickly realized that no one, including the most seasoned moms, has everything figured out. Thinking everything from, How does she do it so flawlessly? to, I'm never going to be able to breastfeed in public the way that she does, to even She looks insanely awesome in those mom jeans. I remember looking at those moms who seemed to have everything figured out with a slight twinge of envy. It wasn't that long ago I was in her shoes, and I will always be appreciative of the moms who stopped to talk anything and everything baby with me.
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