The Average Mommy Badge

I think every mother struggles with guilt over the failure to measure up to her image of what a perfect mother should be (or to an image that possibly someone else feels she should be).
My failure took place after I came home from the hospital.
I was stressed and exhausted from my hospital stay.  I was very emotional because my baby was hungry.  I desperately wanted to nurse, but I didn't get my milk until 4 days after the c-section. Baby was hysterical from hunger, I was ringing the nurse every few minutes asking for advice and begging them to feed him - all the while so afraid I'd never have the chance to nurse my son.
But it came - and he was fed.
And if the story ended there, I probably wouldn't be writing this post...


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