@josiebalka: I’m not sure why but this is what I pictured when I thought back to the morning I had my baby. All of those amazing women in the room with me coaching me through it, including the me I became that day and the me I used to be all at once. I didn’t realize how much of a fundamental shift happens the second you’ve got your baby earthside. I truly felt like a new chapter began and it was the most obvious turning of a page I’ve ever felt. #poetry #motherhoodpoetry #firsttimemom #motherhood
Plot twist. The person looking in on you isnt the past you, its the future end of you looking back at it all, one last time
2026-11-03 23:42:36
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Kristen :
Girl whyyyyy did I have to be postpartum at the same time as you 😩😩😩 I can’t take this [Tears of joy]
2026-11-04 00:50:28
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Sophia :
1 year postpartum as of last week and that version of me when I brought my newborn home was standing in the doorway watching us sing my baby happy birthday, knowing I was ok 😭
2026-11-04 04:47:19
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Kc 💗 :
hey, i’m giving birth on thursday and this is wrecking me
2026-11-04 00:30:22
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JasmineP0203 :
I’m scared of losing me
2026-11-04 02:51:07
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Sinthy Moni :
not me reading The Abandoned Laws of Life by O. Carter in one sitting
2026-11-04 14:57:05
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Belby :
You never understand this until the moment your baby is laid on you chest. Your life literally does flash before your eyes and you are no longer the same person. You have to not learn how to be that person again. But learn the person you are now. 🩵
2026-11-04 15:25:49
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Jazz :
Please do one but for us moms who leave the hospital with empty arms 🥹
2026-11-03 23:53:30
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user7342165822719 :
I’m not crying, you are
2026-11-04 00:02:39
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Kay Michelle Shadwick :
as a mama that was trying to conceive for 7 years, and got my rainbow in Feb of this year. i’m BAWLING 😭😭
2026-11-04 04:05:21
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Ciara :
Girl why would you do this to me 😭
2026-11-04 17:27:10
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Leslie Matias :
Sobbing. This describes it so beautifully 🥹
2026-11-04 00:36:37
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meredith :
Immediate tears. This was so beautiful
2026-11-04 01:56:09
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Ang (BrzPhotography__) :
ohhhh momma Josie hits different 🥹
2026-11-03 23:31:08
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Mallory :
Why do you always try to make me cry? 😭
2026-11-04 02:45:34
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_aesthetically_ashley :
I’m 34 weeks and 😭😭😭
2026-11-04 13:49:43
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rosevictory :
stooop it😩😭😭💔❤️❤️
2026-11-04 09:11:03
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Tjmtiff :
Sobbing
2026-11-04 03:10:27
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desireestanton4 :
And now that girl before motherhood still peaks in and whispers “we made it” 🥹 my son is 7. I broke every generational curse. His childhood is so rich and doesn’t know what I did at his age, he still has his innocence. I just know younger me, premom me and 5 year old me stands at the doorway and is so happy that we made it out and we didn’t grow up like my parents.
2026-11-04 02:38:28
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sas :
my husband and i call it the portal because you leave a different person i swear
2026-11-04 02:07:32
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Rebecca.lynn :
This one is just so incredibly beautiful
2026-11-03 23:44:26
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whatisEmileedoing :
I felt this to my core. 😭
2026-11-04 00:50:05
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Jenn :
I swear, all I do is CRY on this damn app 😭 ugh, this is soooo good and so true it hurts!
2026-11-04 01:47:36
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thejonesgirls :
That’s exactly how I feel telling myself who has always been a mom goodbye as I become the woman whose children are grown up and have kids of their own!
2026-11-04 01:41:04
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Soph :
im too pregnant for this… im not okay
2026-11-04 00:22:21
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