Hey there,
My name is Amanda, I am a stay at home wife and Mama. I started dreaming of High Waisted Motherhood soon after I had my daughter. I didn’t know what I would call it. I simply just wanted something like it to exist for me. I felt isolated and my foundations on life had cracked and shifted. The woman that walked into the hospital did not walk out.
I remember being so shocked over the aftermath of birth. No amount of reading material or advice prepared me for reality. I think as women we so often downplay our struggles to not off-put someone else on their own path or to play a martyr role. I thought I would heal at six weeks and be back on my feet. What I found was my body had endured second degree tearing and was nowhere near where I expected it to be at six weeks and even a year.
I found myself feeling isolated and constantly trying to google and research what I was going through. The Instagram Mom’s I came across looked polished and perfect. The majority of blogs I found were about the child, not the Mother. Or they might mention a bit on postpartum. Meanwhile, I had one long nipple and one short, I still looked pregnant and I suddenly was trying to find other Mom friends so I could see if I was the only one in this mindset.
Joining the ranks of Motherhood has been a true gift. However, it has not been nor it will ever be an easy road. It’s not a job I can clock out of or quit. It’s something I will continue to learn and grow with. The most important lesson I have learned is I have to take care of myself first.
You know when you are on an airplane and they tell you to put your oxygen mask on first before helping others? Well to me being a Mother is the same thing. I have to take time for myself in order to be the best Mom. By this I mean I take a shower, I make time to read or exercise or do a little something for myself every
After speaking with so many different Mom’s I realized that taking time for ourselves as Mother is considered taboo. Talking about the hard times is often spoken in whispers. Being a Mom is freaking hard and the hard parts are just considered normal and something as women we are meant to endure.
High Waisted Motherhood aims to talk about those topics from postpartum, skincare, finding time for yourself and so much more. My goal is to create a resource and a community where we aren’t ashamed to speak in truths. Where we can find solutions for the good, bad and ugly and put our oxygen masks on first. Being a Mother is hard, giving birth is hard but what really is hard is the continuous journey of finding our own identities and being able to be the women we choose to be for our children. I hope my content resonates with you.
XO
Amanda