Being a Mummy is not easy....Regardless of what they say about the joys your little one brings you.
I'm sure there will be many joy-filled days, which makes every "tough" time worthwhile.
Firstly, when starting to be a Mummy, we have to endure all the body pains, body aches, loss of appetite (for some), nausea, morning sickness, giddyness, breathlessness etc...all that while waiting 40 weeks for baby to pop.
Then, at the "popping" (labour) stage, a Mummy has to endure the painful contractions and the delivery pain (when pushing baby out), and risk complications occuring. And this can last for several hours.
After delivery, a Mummy must next endure the pain from recovery of the delivery wound and bear with recuperating after a traumatic experience (bearing in mind that traumatic need not be a bad thing. Just major changes the body has to go through in a short period.), while nursing her newborn at the same time. During this time, a Mummy has to put up with other pains - engorgement, sore / cracked / bleeding nipples - and still persist through all these, in order to give the best food to the newborn (breastmilk). There is also the sudden change in hormones (which is one factor for post-natal blues) that a Mummy has to contend with. This may take years to recover from.
On top of all these pains, there's the occassional housework to do.
It really is not easy to be a Mummy.
(sometimes, I can't help but feel like "blaming" Eve for tempting Adam with that forbidden apple. If not for her, perhaps women need not go through such pains...)
I'm sure there will be many joy-filled days, which makes every "tough" time worthwhile.
Firstly, when starting to be a Mummy, we have to endure all the body pains, body aches, loss of appetite (for some), nausea, morning sickness, giddyness, breathlessness etc...all that while waiting 40 weeks for baby to pop.
Then, at the "popping" (labour) stage, a Mummy has to endure the painful contractions and the delivery pain (when pushing baby out), and risk complications occuring. And this can last for several hours.
After delivery, a Mummy must next endure the pain from recovery of the delivery wound and bear with recuperating after a traumatic experience (bearing in mind that traumatic need not be a bad thing. Just major changes the body has to go through in a short period.), while nursing her newborn at the same time. During this time, a Mummy has to put up with other pains - engorgement, sore / cracked / bleeding nipples - and still persist through all these, in order to give the best food to the newborn (breastmilk). There is also the sudden change in hormones (which is one factor for post-natal blues) that a Mummy has to contend with. This may take years to recover from.
On top of all these pains, there's the occassional housework to do.
It really is not easy to be a Mummy.
(sometimes, I can't help but feel like "blaming" Eve for tempting Adam with that forbidden apple. If not for her, perhaps women need not go through such pains...)
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