The thing with motherhood is you aren’t just doing the;
invisible load of parenting and mental maths of anticipating logistics and needs;
or the daily physical, emotional care and entertainment;
or living up to disproportionate societal expectation;
You are dealing with years of
Identity shift
Postpartum and prenatal body shifts
Nervous system tension
Longer term hormones and brain changes
The sacrifice we make for our family is huge.
That’s why the day to day - whose doing more on that given day fight is irrelevant
There’s a bigger picture here we must look at as to why women have poorer mental health outcomes after children than male partners