Can We Normalize having mixed feelings about giving birth?
it is 100000% NORMAL to not have that *moment/feeling* of pure bliss the second you see your baby earth side for the first time.
In reality, you might have feelings of sheer exhaustion, pain, discomfort, identity shifts that feel like grief and loss, trauma, joy, sadness, overwhelming anxiety, and on and on and on. Every moment will feel and look different.
Social media is an amazing community for life’s big events and milestones. It can also be the knife in your heart when what you saw and anticipated to feel like is in fact not how you feel and it’s not what you compared it to.
Every day will be different, some days better, some days harder. But mama, that’s life. We are all experiencing ups and downs. Go easy, expect broad emotions, get in your nest, and breath back into yourself.
It’s ok.
It’s normal.
I promise.