Mask of Motherhood Today It Journal

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The fantasies of motherhood mask the true experience women go through in bringing up children. Wee pictures of happy Moms, smiling and holding their angelic babies and their husbands constantly supporting them, in magazine covers, tabloids, movies, and even documentaries. But once a woman embarks on a path of motherhood, she realizes that it involves "morning sickness" that lasts days and nights, mental stress, disruptions of daily life, sacrifices on jobs and private life, and much more. Then comes the excruciating pain of labor, followed by months of recovery, more pain and nausea, sleepless nights, thousands of diaper changes, mood changes, constant disruptions of breakfasts and lunches and dinners -- not to mention frustrations in the face of baby crying because of colic or reflux, quarrels with the spouse because of the couple's inability to fix these problems easily and quickly -- as had been the case before the beginning of the journey to motherhood -- and disappointments.


Of course, many of these problems are often mitigated by the shared love of the couple, the wonder of the baby, and the satisfaction which comes with the understanding that one has become a parent. And we certainly should not mask this side of motherhood either. But the motherhood does need to be unmasked, and a woman deserves to know what awaits her when she becomes a wife and mother at the same time. She has the right to know the truth and decide accordingly. In this way, a woman may be readier for challenges associated with motherhood......

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