05/01/2026
Having a baby will make or break you.
And when I say break you, I don’t mean break in the normal sense of the word.
I mean break you open.
Having a baby made me…
And it broke me.
At the same time.
It broke open parts of me I didn’t know existed.
It asked me to change.
To adapt.
To grow in ways I never expected.
And some days, that felt beautiful.
Other days, it felt overwhelming.
Because motherhood is full of opposites.
You can feel exhausted
and deeply grateful.
You can miss your old life
and love your baby more than anything.
You can feel stretched thin
and completely full-hearted.
Both things can exist together.
That’s the part people don’t talk about enough, the duality of motherhood.
It’s not one feeling or the other.
It’s often many feelings, all at once.
And none of them mean you’re doing it wrong.
If motherhood has changed you, softened you, cracked you open a little… you’re not alone.
That’s not failure.
That’s growth.
Have you ever caught yourself feeling two completely opposite emotions at the same time?