5.33 : You Can Love Your Kids and Still Miss Your Old Life (What We Wish We Knew About Motherhood)

You can love your kids, and still miss your old life.

No one fully prepares you for how much becoming a mom changes you. Not just your schedule, but your identity, relationships, emotions, and sense of self.

In this episode of Baby Then What, Amanda and Jessie talk about the things they wish they knew before becoming mothers, from grieving your old life and navigating identity loss, to bonding expectations, mom guilt, overstimulation, loneliness after baby, and the emotional weight of early motherhood.

This episode covers:

• Motherhood identity shift
• Missing your old life after kids
• Mom guilt and self-doubt
• Postpartum emotions
• Overstimulation in motherhood
• Loneliness after baby
• Relationship changes after kids

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, invisible, touched out, or questioned whether you’re doing enough, you’re not broken. You’re adjusting.

Because motherhood isn’t about losing yourself, it’s about rebuilding.

“If this made you feel seen, follow the show and save this episode so you can come back to it.”

🎧 Listen now and share this with a mom who needs it.

Honest conversations for modern moms figuring it out in real time.

🎧 New episodes every Thursday. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠@baby.then.what⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for real motherhood, pregnancy, and postpartum conversations without the fluff.

💛 Book a 1:1 call with us for registry help, postpartum support, or a safe place to vent, every call includes free resources.

Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@baby.then.what⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for daily mom chaos.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon Faves⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@baby.then.what ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Baby Then What⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Resources & Free Guides: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.babythenwhat.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

More Shopping Fun ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shopmy.us/shop/babythenwhat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

unpopular mom opinions motherhood podcast newborn stage toddler life mom guilt marriage after kids parenting podcast real motherhood postpartum emotions touched out mom survival mom mental load identity after kids relationship after baby mom burnout social media and motherhood parenting honesty relatable mom podcast

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(95)

5:45 Breastfeeding, Pumping & Formula: The Honest Truth Nobody Tells You

Amanda is seven weeks postpartum and officially off her blood pressure medication, and today we're getting into everything breastfeeding, pumping and formula. From the first time they shove the baby o...

11 Kesä 31min

5:44 The Mind F*ck That Is Postpartum - What Your Body Actually Goes Through

Amanda is officially five weeks postpartum and we are getting into all of it. This week: what happens when postpartum doesn't go to plan, four days in, Amanda's blood pressure spiked, she ended up in ...

4 Kesä 30min

5:43 Labour & Delivery Tips, Birth Stories & the Parts Nobody Warns You About.

Amanda's back, and she's no longer pregnant. This week we're getting into everything labour and delivery: Amanda's third birth at 36 weeks and 6 days, two weeks of daily triage, the moment she refused...

28 Touko 25min

5:42 My Postpartum Hormones Were Wrecked: What the Testing Found & What Finally Fixed It (Part 2)

Part 2 is here and this is where it gets real.After a year of heavy periods, depleted iron, and being told everything was normal, Jessie finally has answers. She walks through the exact protocol her f...

21 Touko 29min

5:41 My Postpartum Hormones Were Wrecked: Parasites, Heavy Periods & Why My Doctors Kept Ignoring Me

After having kids, Jessie started experiencing extreme postpartum hormone issues that nobody could explain. Heavy periods lasting weeks, exhaustion, brain fog, anemia, hormone imbalances, parasites, d...

14 Touko 28min

5:40 The Brutally Honest Q&A Part 2: Pregnancy, Toddler Chaos & The Stuff Nobody Says Out Loud

We're back. And this one is chaotic. If Part 1 was the emotional one, Part 2 is the real-life, no-filter, how-are-we-surviving-this one. Amanda and Jessie are back answering more of your questions, th...

7 Touko 28min

5:39 Mom Advice Q&A: Emotional Struggles No One Talks About

Mom Advice Q&A: Emotional Struggles No One Talks AboutYou asked. We answered. And honestly? You did not hold back.This week on Baby Then What, Amanda and Jessie are answering the real questions moms a...

30 Huhti 25min

5.38 : OB vs Midwife: What Nobody Tells You Before You Choose Your Birth Provider

Choosing between an OB and a midwife? Most moms are forced to decide without actually understanding the difference, and it can completely shape your pregnancy, labour, and delivery experience.No one s...

23 Huhti 32min