Last week (the first week of May) was Maternal Mental Health week. My social media newsfeed was full of all kinds of things raising awareness and offering support. I’ve had a picture in my head for a while now about my own journey to motherhood, and it finally popped onto the page.
⭐ my motherhood journey⭐
It’s not that I thought it would be easy, and it’s a terrible cliche to say that nothing can prepare you for becoming a parent… but I think whatever your route to parenthood, it changes you in ways you cannot imagine.
And maybe in ways we’ll never understand.
Being pregnant in itself is such a transformation and perhaps I thought once Tris was born I’d go back to who I was before…
But I haven’t, and I can’t.
And that’s not a bad thing, it’s just a bit unsettling… here in the uk its #maternalmentalhealthawareness week and this was one of my #100daychallenge drawings for better mental health
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