Those first few weeks of Motherhood…
Bleeding. Exhausted. Scared. Crying. (And that’s just me. I’m sure it’s an adjustment for the baby too.)
Oh. my. word. My nipples. (Do I still even have nipples? Maybe I just wish I didn’t have nipples?)
I am so tired. Really, extremely tired. I know I’m not the only exhausted mommy out there. I’m in good company. I’d bet that most of the mommys are exhausted.
There are seasons where you just can’t be as present in your life as you’d like to be. I’m experiencing one of these seasons now. There are probably some women out there who, 8 weeks postpartum, are on top of the world. They’re back at work. Their houses are spotless. They are wearing (clean) clothes. Maybe they have slept in the past week or two.
Dealing with anxiety in pregnancy isn’t something I had ever given much thought to before – and I had shared (more or less) all the basics of the things I know about living well with anxiety. But of course, there’s always more to learn. In fact, every new experience offers me a choice – A) choose to learn how to deal or B) spiral into full blown prolonged panic mode.