I am a single mom to my beautiful babygirl and an Air Force Veteran. Before getting pregnant with my daughter, I was obsessed with all things related to pregnancy and childbirth. I would spend hours on forums reading birth stories and cheering on women who were trying to conceive.
I had always imagined having a water birth at home, but when the time came to actually have my own experience I went along with whatever my doctor said, and had my baby at the hospital. I did not have the birth I always imagined, but I was satisfied with my birthing process. What I was more taken aback by was the postpartum period. It is true that no one really prepares you for being a new parent, and I was inspired beyond belief to help other parents during that transitional period. I had a rough time breastfeeding, and a rough time making the transition into being a new mother away from my family. Being a newly single parent has given me a different perspective on life, and my daughter is truly my motivation and keeps me going. Becoming a mom was the best unplanned thing I have ever done.
I believe birthing and caring for a newborn is genuinely something you have to experience for yourself and it’s okay to have a different experience than other people. There’s no rule book on how you should birth and parent. That is the magical thing about parenthood; you get to choose the choices you make bringing your child into the world (in most cases) and how they are brought up.
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I am a single mom to my beautiful babygirl and an Air Force Veteran. Before getting pregnant with my daughter, I was obsessed with all things related to pregnancy and childbirth. I would spend hours on forums reading birth stories and cheering on women who were trying to conceive.
I had always imagined having a water birth at home, but when the time came to actually have my own experience I went along with whatever my doctor said, and had my baby at the hospital. I did not have the birth I always imagined, but I was satisfied with my birthing process. What I was more taken aback by was the postpartum period. It is true that no one really prepares you for being a new parent, and I was inspired beyond belief to help other parents during that transitional period. I had a rough time breastfeeding, and a rough time making the transition into being a new mother away from my family. Being a newly single parent has given me a different perspective on life, and my daughter is truly my motivation and keeps me going. Becoming a mom was the best unplanned thing I have ever done.
I believe birthing and caring for a newborn is genuinely something you have to experience for yourself and it’s okay to have a different experience than other people. There’s no rule book on how you should birth and parent. That is the magical thing about parenthood; you get to choose the choices you make bringing your child into the world (in most cases) and how they are brought up.
From all of that, Mama Moonlight came to be.