We prepare the nursery

 We prepare the nursery.

We pack the hospital bag.
We read every article about labor.

But what about after?

No one tells you how your body might feel like it doesn’t belong to you anymore.
How your heart might ache in ways you never expected.
How lonely those nights can be, even when you're holding the most beautiful thing you’ve ever created.

They don’t tell you about the tears, the guilt, the fear.
They don’t tell you how strong you’ll have to be to ask for help.
Or how brave you are just for getting up and facing another day.

If you're in that season right now, I see you.
You're not broken. You're healing.
And that healing deserves as much space and care as the birth ever did.

You are doing a beautiful job, even when it feels anything but.