Becoming Mama is Beautiful

First, I think you need to see this video, but promise to come back and read the rest, kay?

Doesn’t that just make the floodgates open? Because mine do, every time! I saw that video when I was a teenager and couldn’t wait to be a mom and experience that kind of bond.

The bond between a mom and her child is unmatched. In the womb, you are divided by the placenta, which facilitates the movement of blood, oxygen, nutrients, and cells. You give your growing human everything. They give stem cells back to you and probably other things. They hear all of you and will know your voice by the time they are ready to enter the world. You know their every move. I was talking to some of my friends about being pregnant and we all had experienced different movements from our babies. When your baby comes out, instantly they are trying to find and connect with you.

Something really fascinating that happens after you give birth and for years to come is, your baby’s cells will run through your body for years. Doctors can take blood samples and find out if you have had a baby and if it is a boy or a girl. Scientists have been able to find cells in a mom’s body years and years after she has given birth. They will also find the mom’s cells in the child. There are probably multiple reasons, but here are two of them. The first is so that you can tune into your baby intuitively. Second, those stem cells help heal you of any sickness or hurt that you might run into. Some doctors speculate that when a mother has a miscarriage, the cells from that baby help to heal whatever kept her from carrying that baby full term.

It is all so fascinating!

So one thing that I have noticed as a mom, is that it is healing to become a mother. Healing to all of the broken parts of me. It is no secret that I struggled with postpartum depression, but I realize and understand that I have struggled with depression multiple times in my life. But as I parent my boy, I feel myself healing. As I love him, support him, accept him, and validate him, I am doing all of those things to myself as well. He is a part of me.

I know that motherhood can be so draining at times. I miss who I was before I had my baby, but I also love who I am becoming. You will be so proud of the person you are becoming. Becoming Mama is messy, crazy, hard, neverending, and beautiful. Keep going.