One Proud Mama

We spent yesterday with my family for my gram's 80th birthday and it was a beautiful day! Ruby got lots of attention and I got the chance to chat with cousins that I don't see enough. One cousin and his partner are expecting their first baby next month. I loved chatting with her about great baby products, cloth diapers, the fourth trimester and birth plans (my life has changed so much!!) I was filled with so much emotion as we chatted about the miracle of babies and the joys of being a parent. She said that she was relieved to hear someone talking so positively about the entire experience, birth and all. I don't understand why these types of conversations are not more common. Everything about pregnancy, birth and breast feeding is amazing!! Sure, this is the hardest job I have ever had, but it is also the most incredible journey I have ever been on. Watching a little human that I helped to create learn and develop in to her own little person is truly a gift. It might sound cheesy and I'm okay with that, but how moms don't walk around in complete awe of what they have done/are doing all the time boggles my mind! We are moms!! We have grown people and fed them with our bodies!! We help to raise the next generation and it's incredible!! Maybe I've become a hippie or maybe I just need more sleep, but I get emotional when I think of how lucky I am to have been chosen to do this job.