“With new life comes joy, love, and happiness.” Mother always told me, so why do I feel like this? Confused, exhausted, out of control. Where is the sense of adoration that I was promised? Dead eyes and empty smiles.
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“With new life comes joy, love, and happiness.” Mother always told me, so why do I feel like this? Confused, exhausted, out of control. Where is the sense of adoration that I was promised? Dead eyes and empty smiles.
Thank you for showing the other side of what bringing a child into the world can be like. Well written.
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Thanks for your kind words, Belinda!
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This is such a powerful piece! It does so well showing the other side of childbirth.
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Thanks for reading, Melony! I’m so glad that you appreciated this piece.
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Good that you highlighted the baby blues. Not everything is rosy as movies portray.
Good take.
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I really like how you have portrayed PND… I especially liked ‘dead eyes and empty smiles’ and I’m wondering if you could have used more of that to show how she was feeling. Well done with so few words!
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Thanks for the kind words, Sanch! I feel that PND is of such importance it should be highlighted more often.
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Motherhood is not always what it’s cracked up to be. This was powerful
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Thank you for this! That’s pretty much how I felt after I had my colicky first baby. I hate how society makes you feel like something’s wrong with you if it’s not all unicorns and roses.
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Thanks for reading Jen! I’m glad this piece resonates with you, and I agree, there’s too much pressure to do everything the ‘right’ way.
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