Pilatesby_Riya

I think it was a pretty good month of growth to be honest🙌🧡 what’s one thing you’ve loved in July? 👇

I’ve heard so many “truths” about what motherhood takes away. Say goodbye to date nights. Say goodbye to feeling put together. Say goodbye to time for yourself. Say goodbye to your career, or at least the version of it you had before. 🤍

Honestly? Some of that has felt true. And I think we don’t talk about it enough because we’re scared it makes us sound ungrateful, or like we don’t love our babies enough. That’s not it at all. I love being Ishaan’s mum more than anything. But I also think it’s okay to admit that becoming a parent asks a lot of you, and some days you’re figuring out who you even are underneath it all.

This isn’t a post about having it all together, because I don’t. Some weeks I feel like myself, other weeks I’m just surviving . But here’s what I’ve learned: you don’t lose yourself in motherhood. You won’t. You just go through a phase of finding your feet again, and you come back as a better, stronger, more grounded version of who you were before. I believe that.

One thing I was so adamant on when I was expecting was not losing myself, I didn’t want motherhood to define me and that’s all I am. I made it so clear to myself and to my husband.

What’s a motherhood “truth” you wish someone had told you sooner?