So… things they don’t tell you about being a mom.
* You find yourself randomly looking at pictures of your baby and smiling (like a dork). We went to the corn maze on Sunday, and I took a million pictures of Olivia. Then, Monday morning, all I can do is sit and look at her picture and smile at my computer. How dorky, right? But in my defense…
How can you look at that little cute face and NOT smile? Too hard… Can’t fight it.
* You become one of those moms that shows her pictures to everyone. See above reasons…
* If you are breastfeeding… (noticed this one in the shower today) one boob looks normal and one looks like a dorky cousin that has to ride the short bus. I seriously need a t-shirt that says.. “I’m with Stupid” and pointing to my left side. The La Leche League lady said that it is totally normal, but I mean REALLY? I truly hope that after I finish breastfeeding that the ladies return to their normal size.
* 6 months after the birth… I am getting flashbacks of my labor. Like post traumatic stress syndrome. I keep remembering things that I guess I suppressed simply to be able to get through it. Weird, huh? I find myself getting mad about circumstances, like… WHY couldn’t it just have happened that way?
In summation… I’ve come to the conclusion that there are WAY too many things that they don’t tell you about pregnancy, birth, and becoming a mom. It’s like they WANT you to be ignorant, so that you can be fooled into reproducing. And in all honesty, I probably wouldn’t have had my little bundle of joy if I HAD been told all of the strange things that occur. Go figure. I’m trying to be zen about this whole situation, and really try to live my yoga.
Life is strange… that is for certain.
creative yogi 