"There is no way to be a perfect mother, but there are a million ways to be a great one."
No matter how you slice it, having a baby is an amazing experience. And no matter how you choose to do it, with or without pain management, your body still does the work. For me, with a fourth baby on the way, I was surprised to find that I suddenly questioned my previous dedication to having my babies naturally. I just wasn’t so sure I wanted to go through—I’ll just say it—the pain of natural childbirth again.
A friend once told me that life has an incredible texture with kids that he didn't recognize as missing without them in his life but fully appreciates and celebrates now that they are. For most of us, predicting what life will be like with kids and your role as a parent is unimaginable until it actually happens. And when it does, everything changes. Here are some of my favorite post-baby observations that we’ve found only too true.
