Motherhood is one of those topics that for some reason remains taboo. However, beyond the idyllic images that many celebrities sell on social networks, there is a reality and that is that the majority of women suffer some type of emotional or physical consequence after giving birth.
Cristina Pedroche has been very honest about how she is experiencing this entire process since her little Laia was born last July. However, the presenter has encountered all kinds of opinions about her experiences, many of them coming from women and very negative.
Finding support among so much darkness is complicated, but not impossible; That’s why, upon seeing a reflection that she totally identified with, he wanted to share it. Thus, the Atresmedia star revealed what she considered to be the worst thing about motherhood.
Specifically, it is a reflection by Dr. Lucía Galán, famous on social networks and known as @luciamipediatra, a pediatric specialist with more than 16 years of motherhood and having listened to thousands of women in consultation.
“The real challenge of motherhood is not taking care of your baby and doing it well. The real difficulty is doing it without forgetting about yourself, your needs as a woman,” writes the specialist on Instagram.
“Because before being a mother you were a woman, don’t forget it. And you were a partner, you were a friend, you were a daughter… You were a professional who tried to progress and learn in her work,” she continues, encouraging so many mothers who feel drowned by becoming the ultimate responsible for their children.
“You were, in short, a woman who enjoyed time with her friends, with her partner and with herself alone,” the pediatrician continues. “And continuing to be all of that without feeling guilty while you give part of your life to your child is what is truly difficult,” says the health worker, who ends up insisting that “it is not impossible. It can be done.”
The specialist gives this reflection to all those women who, like Cristina Pedroche, have ever felt that they are forgetting to take care of themselves before taking care of their babies. “Don’t forget that you do what you can at all times and that most of the time it is enough. Don’t punish yourself,” says the pediatrician.
The presenter acknowledged a few weeks ago that she cried “every day” for one thing or another, due to the hormonal revolution that her body was experiencing, in addition to feeling helpless for not knowing how to care for the little girl on some occasions.
“This is a journey, two months ago my daughter was born, but I was also born as a mother. I have new fears, emotions. I am happy. I see my daughter and I am dying of love because she is perfect. But, suddenly, I start cry and I don’t know why. Suddenly I’m nervous, I become small and I go inside,” she stated in her first interview after becoming a mother just a few days ago.
In this postpartum period I am learning a lot about myself and I am also getting to know the new woman I have become by becoming a mother. With patience and love everything will be fine,” she insisted, reiterating that she is moving forward thanks to the help of her family and a perinatal psychologist.
A postpartum period that is becoming a bit difficult for her, but with which she is feeling more and more supported. “I have to protect myself and take care of my mental health, and not only for myself, for my daughter,” she stated, “I need to be well for her. I know I have to relax to enjoy more, but right now I feel happy because I see that little by little I’m not going to get it soon. We’re going to get it.
