What I wish someone told me about becoming a first time mom
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Learning motherhood and getting to know your little one while trusting yourself and your instincts is such a wholesome experience. It’s important to still give yourself grace when you don’t get it right the first time. But what is something you wish you were told when you became a parent?     
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I’d probably wish someone could have told me that motherhood is not all about my kid but also about me too. When I became a mom for the first time, all the advice was about the baby, how to feed him, how to burp him, how to soothe him, etc. I can not remember someone telling me that I should also be doing that to myself because I was also recovering from childbirth, and I was taking care of my newborn which is entirely new to me.
You might think that being a good mom is keeping your kid as the priority but, it is also important to know how to equally prioritize yourself too. Motherhood is not all about you too, and taking care of yourself will not mean that you are less of a good mom. Self-care is important because it will lead you to become a better mother in the long run.
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I would say that I should have let myself ask for help more and allowed myself to lean on those around me. I never expected the group of "mom friends" I developed since having kids. But they are an incredible group of women who will support me regardless of what I need. If it's a ride for my kid, someone to listen to me vent for a few minutes, or a meal when we're all sick. When I cave a little, and ask for help these days, my anxiety lessens and things just get better! I should have done it much earlier and stopped trying to do everything on my own.
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I would say that I should have let myself ask for help more and allowed myself to lean on those around me. I never expected the group of "mom friends" I developed since having kids. But they are an incredible group of women who will support me regardless of what I need. If it's a ride for my kid, someone to listen to me vent for a few minutes, or a meal when we're all sick. When I cave a little, and ask for help these days, my anxiety lessens and things just get better! I should have done it much earlier and stopped trying to do everything on my own.
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Motherhood comes with lots of changes and challenges. Every small step of our kid makes us more appreciative of the gifts of life and love that our creator has bestowed upon us.
If I get an opportunity to advise something to my younger self (when I became mom for the first time) I would say “Don’t worry, this difficult time will pass”.
I became mom after a difficult pregnancy. I was hospitalized multiple times and doctors had told me that my baby will be born with significantly low birth weight. He had IUGR (Intrauterine growth restriction). For first weeks of his life we were moving in and out of hospital for all the complications that he was prone to due to low birth weight.
I had years of experience of working with children having special needs. I had listened to many such experiences from the mothers of those children, and there I was living those experiences and facing all those risk situations myself. It was the most difficult time of my life. Thank God everything worked out well at the end and my son has grown into a smart, healthy teenager.
I wish someone had told me that motherhood means transforming into a superwoman, an iron lady for your kid. I learned it, I lived it and I wish best of luck to all mothers out there facing similar challenges as new moms.
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