Posted by: mmstreur in Postnatal Parenting, Home on
Jul 17, 2009
My name is Megan, I am a first time, new mom with a beautiful little 2 1/2 week old baby girl. I am new to blogging and new to the YBYW community so hopefully somebody will find my blog either interesting, insightful, or helpful in some way.
Somebody called me supermom once and I was foolish enough to believe it. Throughout my pregnancy I maintained a very busy schedule consisting of full time graduate school and part time work. I spent up to six days per week either working or interning, the shifts lasting 9-12 hours. In my spare time I studied and did housework. I had a very helpful and supportive husband and all was good. I actually liked being called supermom, it made me feel like if I could handle all this while being pregnant, then I could handle everything once baby came with no problems.
And now I am home. I do not feel like a supermom. I find it hard just to find time in the day to do what I consider the basics of any given day like exercise, housework, and