“I wish someone had told me that it doesn’t look like it does on tv.
I wish someone had told me that I wouldn’t have any emotional connection to my baby right away.
I wish someone had told me that breastfeeding doesn’t come easy and that it would become my full-time job.
I wish someone had told me about the horrible thoughts I would think and the deplorable images that would run through my mind.
I wish someone had told me about the overwhelming amount of grief and loss that I would feel…that I wouldn’t recognize my own shadow anymore.
I wish someone had told me that I would become erased.
I wish someone had told me that it’s impossible to do it all by yourself and yet you have no choice.
I wish someone had told me that it wasn’t my fault.
I wish someone had told me that I didn’t have to feel this way.
I wish someone had told me, so I’m telling you.”
-Anonymous
Postpartum Support Yukon 