DEFINING MOTHERHOOD

 


Motherhood is believing in love at first sight. It`s loving someone more than you love yourself and caring for a little one who merely depends on you for survival. It`s prioritizing your baby`s needs over yours.



Motherhood is doing everything and anything just to make sure your baby gets the best of life. It`s coming to terms with unplanned and unwanted Caesarean section just to make sure she will be safe in coming out to this world. It`s breastfeeding a baby over and over again even when you`re in pain and exhaustion. It`s nursing and rocking her for more than an hour to put her to sleep only to wake up after 30 minutes then staying awake with her for two hours that night.





Motherhood is being a mother 24/7. It`s coming to work with her, teaching during class hours and nursing during vacant time. It`s learning how to do everything with one hand only because the other hand is holding her. It`s taking a bath in less than 2 minutes and being patient for every unfinished task at home.




But motherhood is also those moments when your baby looks back at you and smiles as if she wants to say the magic words. It`s when she stares at you even when she`s nursing and smiles and you feel your heart will explode with so much joy. It`s the feeling that someone wants to see you and be with you all the time. It`s seeing her healthy, smart and happy and being proud of yourself because you feel like you`re doing a great job.



I`m excited for the many definitions of motherhood that I would have as you grow to be a good child, a wonderful lady and an empowered woman.



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