Eight Ways Motherhood Has Changed Me Forever

There are some life events which completely change you. As you move ahead, you're constantly aware of the mark those events have left on you, and how it seems like there's no going back. Motherhood is definitely one of those events. Even scientifically, it has been shown that a woman's mind alters chemically after she becomes a mother. I definitely felt something change in me after my son was born.

The world was the same, but I wasn't. It took me, and people around me some time to accept it, but it had happened. Some of these changes have surprised me, but in a good way!

These are eight ways in which motherhood has changed me forever:

1. I don't think about myself first. I guess this is the most significant change we notice on becoming a parent. It's like my mind is now incapable of thinking about my well-being without factoring in my child. I like it that way, but I've also learned that to be a good mom, I have to take care of myself too.

2. Few things gross me out.

After dealing with spit up, puke and poo for three years, nothing is quite that icky. Pee doesn't even count. Especially when you're potty training (and especially when you have a boy!). It's just everywhere anyway. I have been handed half chewed food many times over. I've had to retrieve boogers from a little nose. It would take a lot to make me go 'eww'!

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