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People like to be dramatic. Particularly when trying to explain to
their mama-to-be friends what their new life with a baby is going
to be like. To be frank, your old life is over, but don’t freak out. Your
former, child-free life may have been carefree and loads of fun,
but you’ve likely grown bored from all those hours spent focused
on yourself, otherwise, you probably wouldn’t have considered
becoming a mama in the first place.
While you might get nostalgic for your child-free days, which is
totally normal, you’ll often find those days were much better in
memory, than they were while you were living them. After all, how
many times did you actually drop everything to travel to Burma
on a whim? Becoming a mama gives you a purpose in life that
far surpasses the feeling of scoring a prime dinner reservation
at the latest hot spot. So your life will not be over, it’s just going
to change.
You’ll appreciate the nights you do get off for a few hours whilst the
babysitter or grandma is looking after the baby. On my first date
night with my husband after we had our first son, we spent half of
the time looking at his baby pictures on our phones and the other
half talking about how cute he was. It may sound pathetic now,
but there’s a switch that goes on in your brain that automatically
turns you into a baby addict once your little one arrives.
Is there a reason everyone is
telling me my life is over?
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