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⋒ Mom of 2 ⋒ Postpartum ⋒ Emotional labor
⋒ Burnout ⋒ Saying the quiet parts out loud
⋒ Everything I’m up to👇

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Moms, what trimester is worse in your opinion? 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th?

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The world expects mothers to recover quickly from something that changed them forever.

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The world expects mothers
to recover quickly
from something
that changed them forever.

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No one prepares women
for how repetitive motherhood feels.
Cooking.
Cleaning.
Feeding.
Repeating.
And still being expected
to smile through it.

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Motherhood changes your nervous system.
You stop relaxing fully.
You start listening for danger
even in silence.

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Some women don’t need advice.
They need support
without having to beg for it.

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A mother can be completely exhausted
and still get up
the second her child calls her name.
That’s love
in its rawest form

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The saddest part of motherhood
is how many women
disappear inside of it quietly.

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People praise mothers
for “doing it all.”
Without asking
why they have to.

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Some mothers don’t cry
because they’re weak.
They cry because
they’ve been strong
for too long.

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No one talks about
how overstimulating motherhood is.
The noise.
The touching.
The questions.
The constant need for you.
And somehow
you still have to stay gentle

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People romanticize motherhood.
Very few talk about
how mentally consuming it is
to never fully clock out.

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Motherhood teaches you
how little support
people expect women to survive on.

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She carried the baby for 9 months.
Then carried the feeding,
the appointments,
the sleepless nights,
and everyone else’s expectations.

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Some women are called emotional
when they finally react
to what they silently tolerated
for too long.

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No one sees the invisible work.
The planning.
The remembering.
The worrying.
The mental checklist
that never stops.

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Motherhood is loving someone
so deeply
that your own needs
start feeling unimportant.

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A lot of women
didn’t become “hard” after kids.
They became impossible
to manipulate with guilt.

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Some mothers haven’t rested
in years.
Not truly.
Even in sleep
their minds stay awake.

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Nobody warns women
that motherhood can feel like grief.
Grief for the sleep.
The freedom.
The version of yourself
that existed before everyone needed you.

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Pregnancy gets flowers.
Postpartum gets silence.
And somehow
that tells you everything.