An image of a new mum has sparked an avalanche of support from mums around the world who recognise her raw and open state.
“This is a picture of me 3 days postpartum. I was so raw and so open, I was a f&$#ing mess,” Danielle Haines says on her Facebook page.
“I loved my baby, I missed his daddy (he went back to work that day), I was mad at my mom, my heart hurt for my brother because my mom left us and now I had a little boy that looked like him, my nipples were cracked and bleeding, my milk was almost in, my baby was getting really hungry, I was feeling sad that people kill babies, like on purpose, I had not slept since I went into labor, I didn’t know how to put my boobs away, my vagina was sore from sitting on it while nursing constantly, I was kinda loosing [sic] my mind.”
She went on to describe how her girl tribe came in and supported her with gifts of food, and loving support when she needed it most.
“I had a magical Postpartum. It wasn’t easy but I was so supported and fed and reminded that the mothers before me had been through this part of motherhood, and that I’d get through it just fine too,” she wrote.
Posted nine days ago on Facebook, the image has been shared an incredible 22,426 times in a display of solidarity amongst women.
