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“No One Is Cleaning Their House Every Day. No One Is Having Sex Every Day. We Are All Losing Our Crap”: Exhausted Mom Paints Honest Picture of Motherhood

“People always say to me ‘I don’t know how you do it with 3. I can’t do it with 1.’

And I’ll always say, the first is your hardest.

I had never been more shocked, more overwhelmed and more sleep deprived ever in my life. Yes, 3 is hard. But entering motherhood for the first time is like a tornado that swirls you in and spits you out. Those days are by far the hardest.

But what I do know is this; the days of feeling like you’ve been kicked up the vagina and hungover are few. You can hug your baby, he can sleep in your arms, you can have a routine or not and nothing bad will come of it.

Some days you’ll shower, other days you’ll smell like an orangutan, picking fleas off your head. Some days you’ll feel blessed, other days you’ll hate yourself for struggling because all you wanted was a baby. But both are okay, neither makes you a bad mother.

Getting a babysitter, sleeping, passing your baby over to your partner like a football, or putting the baby down in her bed nice and safe while you take a minute – is ok. Your mental health matters. Your self-care is still important. You’re still a person. You don’t have to exhaust yourself to be a good mother. You don’t have to lose yourself.

No one is cleaning their house every day. No one is having sex every day. No one has it all together. We are ALL losing our [crap]. Even Becky with the good hair.

I’ve had a c-section that was hard work, a vaginal birth that was hard work. I’ve formula fed, breastfed, donor fed my babies – all of it hard work. All of it amazing, and yet my kids still swear at the wrong time and throw tantrums and eat off the floor. All 3. Don’t beat yourself up.

I’ve never fought more with my husband than ever. Two ships sailing in the night. But you meet again, I promise.

So I don’t know how I do it with 3, and I don’t know how you do it with 1, but the fact is, we ARE doing it and doing it well.

You’re amazing. Through the tears, the [poopy] nappies, the first steps, you’re amazing. Don’t ever second guess it because those little turds, they never do. To them, you are wonderful. To them, you are everything.”

**This post was written by Laura Mazza and originally appeared on her Facebook page. Published here with permission.

Separated at Birth, Twins Who Reunited on Good Morning America Graduate as Valedictorians

Twin sisters Audrey and Gracie, separated at birth in China and adopted by different American families, reunited for the first time on "Good Morning America" in 2017. Now they're graduating high school.

105-Year-Old Great Grandmother Graduates from Stanford with Master’s Degree

It's been more than 80 years in the making, but on Sunday, 105-year-old Virginia "Ginnie" Hislop achieved a remarkable milestone by graduating from Stanford University with a Master's Degree.

Stranger Takes Off His Pants at High School Graduation So Teen Who Violated Dress Code Can Walk

3 minutes before the start of the ceremony, Leroy was sent home. As he was getting into his car, the teen noticed a young man in the parking lot...