273: Why I Shouldn't Have Been Afraid to Become a Mom

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

I was afraid to have a baby. I wasn’t a maternal woman, I loved work so much, I enjoyed every ounce of freedom, I wanted Drew to myself, I didn’t want to “ruin” my body and I required 10 hours of sleep a night...

There were so many reasons why I worried about becoming a mom and yet this yearning came on, 5 years into marriage after we vowed we’d never have kids.

That was the start of a caption I shared just one month into motherhood. It’s how I felt before I knew how I would morph into a new version of myself, one I never imagined myself becoming.

Maybe it’s because we waited three long years or we prepared for the worst. I realized those fears were taking up space that could have been filled with dreams. Being a mom is the BEST thing I’ve ever done and it’s stretched me in new ways.

With this episode, I want to speak to the women who want to become a mom but feel fear. My fear ran deep, too. Today I’m sharing how motherhood has changed both me and my business, and what I’ve learned that told me I never had anything to be afraid of at all.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Goldiger Podcast episode number 273.
0:04.2	About a month into my journey as a mom, I shared an Instagram post that was pretty honest
0:09.6	about all the reasons why I was afraid to become one.
0:12.8	In fact, over two years ago, I recorded an entire podcast episode devoted to why I was
0:18.0	afraid to have a baby.
0:19.8	My Instagram caption I tease that maybe I should record a follow-up episode on why I shouldn't
0:24.2	have been so afraid to have a baby.
0:26.0	And a lot of people wanted me to actually do that.
0:28.8	So, alas, today I'm diving into all the reasons why I shouldn't have been afraid to become
0:33.2	a mom and what motherhood has taught me.
0:36.5	The caption I wrote, red, I was afraid to have a baby.
0:40.0	I wasn't a maternal woman.
0:41.4	I loved work so much.
0:43.2	I enjoyed every ounce of freedom.
0:45.2	I wanted drew to myself.
0:46.4	I didn't want to ruin my body and I required ten hours of sleep at night.
0:50.8	There was so many reasons why I worried about becoming a mom and yet this yearning came
0:55.0	on five years in a marriage after we vowed we never have children.
0:59.4	This past month of motherhood swashed so many of those fears.
1:02.5	I was surprised by how I naturally loved her and loved drew even more as he had become
1:06.5	a dad.
1:07.5	I was shocked that I felt healthy and strong and admired my change, softer body for all
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