Like countless other new parents, Sara had sailed straight into the ‘iceberg’ of unrealistically high expectations
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Sara’s baby, Ava, was still not sleeping well at night, despite Sara following all the baby sleep training advice. No matter how much routine Sara tried to establish with Ava, every day was different and she was finding that she just could not get to the things she wanted to achieve. Sara was completely in love with Ava when she arrived and had embraced the feelings of euphoria, excitement and attention from family and friends during her pregnancy and following the birth of the first grandchild for both families. But now everyone had gone back to their lives.
It was very easy to validate Sara’s difficulties and reassure her that hers was a common experience for women stepping out of their careers to have babies. I also reflected upon how western culture particularly does not appear to value supporting and recognising mothers post-birth and they can feel very much forgotten about.
Although things continued to be bumpy for Sara over the months I saw her, she first and foremost was able to let go of her previous unrealistically high expectations about herself and parenthood and take the pressure and self-judgement off.
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