I’m a second time mom with a three year old daughter. This pregnancy we opted to birth at a birth center instead of a hospital so I wanted to retake all the birthing classes that would be more applicable to us now.

Yesterday during our “caring for mom after birth” class the hormones got the best of me and I just started bursting out bawling.

The midwife was talking to the husbands about needing to help out the moms and that 2nd time moms would especially have a lot going on with wanting to balance time with new babies and their older children and feeling guilty about the time she would have to give up with her first. I lost it. My daughter and I do everything together, she is my little best friend and I didn’t realize the feelings I was holding inside of being nervous of how our relationship might change.