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Only when you become a mother do you really understand the essence behind the African proverb “it takes a village to raise a child”. When I was pregnant, I met a group of moms in my prenatal class, whom at that stage I thought I had nothing in common with other than the fact that we were all pregnant and expecting around the same time. My naive pre-parent self thought that I would see those women once a week in the final few months of my pregnancy, chat about relatively superficial pregnancy related topics and then once I completed the course and had my baby would never interact with them again. I had friends and a close knit family so couldn’t really see a need for these strangers in my life post baby. Then I became a mom… I was one of the lucky ones, I had two very easy pregnancies which both resulted in relatively fast, unmedicated natural births. Breastfeeding came easy and I had no trouble with latching, supply or baby refusing the breast (actually quite the opposite.)
But as time went on I found that I was calling on these very women whom I had met during my preganacy for advice, support and sometimes just twighlight feed whatsapp chats more and more frequently. Pre-baby we had nothing in common but now we all shared a common, often all consuming role – that of motherhood. Some of these woman I hardly ever see face to face, while others have over time become some of my closest friends, but no matter what the reason for our specific interactions, I know I would not have been able to get to where I am today, and beyond as a mother without them – they are each an integral part of my village, and I in turn form a part of theirs.
The modern woman is bred to believe that we can and should do it all, we can not only work but build a successful career while still being perfect wives, fulltime mothers and homemakers. It is because of this culture that many of us try our utmost to do it all, often at all costs, without asking for advise or showing weakness to our fellow women. Some of us manage to stay afloat although usually only just, but many of us burnout, end up sacrificing one role for another just in order to get through the day.
It is our goal at MOTHERHOOD to show mothers that we are all in this together, that nobody is perfect and no one gets it right every step of the way, we all faulture, we all fail and it is our jobs as mothers to be there for each other to provide support, advice and sometimes even just an ear to listen in order to help guide each other through the maze that is motherhood.
