Motherhood
Why does motherhood seem to come with an expectation of endless sacrifice of body, sleep, identity, career, and personal time?
Pregnancy, delivery, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and then full-time baby care already take so much physically and emotionally. And after that, it often feels like mothers are still expected to stretch more.
Even when both parents are working, the default responsibility for the baby and home often still falls on the mother.
Why is so much of motherhood tied to giving up pieces of yourself, instead of being supported as a full person too?
Would love to hear how others see this and handle it before more resentment builds up . I feel like I should stop doing more . And do less .
I feel no matter how much I do I feel it’s a thankless job and I’m expected to give more .
6 months pp and I still don’t feel like a human being and I’m expected to do more work .