Positive motherhood stories needed please!

[MiaRosexo]

Hey everyone…

Not sure if I’m being irrational but me and my partner will be TTC soon and I can’t help but feel like social media is riddled with negative stories about becoming parents at the moment… does anyone else feel like this? We’re in our late twenties, have our own house with a mortgage, stable jobs… Of course I understand parenting looks like the hardest job in the world and I’m not naive to that but the content I’m seeing is genuinely making me reconsider and I don’t know if that’s silly! I’m seeing so many people say they genuinely regret becoming a parent, advising others not to do it and if they could turn back time they would never have done it, for a variety of factors such as - childcare costs, losing yourself, careers, relationships breaking down, lack of village etc!

Basically I just want to be flooded with positive motherhood stories as I was so excited for this but this constant negativity is making me anxious!

When my one year old told me “I love you Mama” in her deep voice the night before I was having an elective C-section to have her sister, I felt my heart in a way I had never felt in my life. Often, there is no place I’d rather be than with them both, reading their favourite books for the thousandth time. Among all the lows and challenges, you will have moments that should be so mundane yet take your breath away. Some of the greatest moments of my life have just been doing something so silly or trivial with DC, just at home. BTW, this can make moving from a house where they came home after they were born or where they had their childhood so, so sad! 🥹

I am in my early 50’s so my children are young adults now. Having them is the absolute best thing I’ve ever done.

Social media is one thing but everyone I know IRL adores their children and loves being a parent.