To the mom:
Who had an epidural
Who gave birth naturally
Who had a C-section
Who did in vitro fertilization
Who used a surrogate
Who adopted
To the mom:
With Post-Partum Depression
With Post-Partum Anxiety
With Post-Partum OCD
With Post-Partum Psychosis
To the mom:
Who’s struggling to love her baby
Who loves her baby more than anything in the world
To the mom:
Who hates nursing
Who couldn’t nurse
Who’s exclusively pumping
Who’s formula feeding
Who nursed for
6 weeks
6 months
1 year
2 years
To the mom:
Whose baby wakes up multiple times a night
Whose baby sleeps through the night
To the mom:
Who can’t get her “body back”
Who easily got her body back
Who lost her sex drive
Who increased her sex drive
To the mom:
Whose kid only eats chicken nuggets and grilled cheese
Whose kid eats everything in sight
To the mom:
Whose child has special needs
Whose child is above average
Whose child is average
To the mom:
Who fights with her husband
Who questions her parenting
Who has no idea what she’s doing
Who thinks she’s the only one who struggles
Who wonders how other moms have it all put together
They don’t.
No one does.
You’re a good mom.