Motherhood is a competition, but I refuse to take part
I thought the competitiveness between mum's began at the playground, I had never anticipated how early it would actually start. For me, the start of the competition began in pregnancy. Constantly hearing from other women, "I was sick the whole way through, I had bleeding gums from day 1, it's going to be so much harder yet...". Yes it's good to share all of our experiences but it's also important to just listen and understand how someone is feeling right now in the moment. It got worse the further the pregnancy got. Especially if I ever mentioned that I has a sleepless night... "Get used to it because you'll never sleep again". Why do other women think this is a good thing to say? What happened to encouraging new mums to be!? How do you know my baby won't sleep through the night? We cannot compare our own experiences to others, we are all different, and each pregnancy, birth and child is unique in it's own right. Then you get told t...
