Hi, guys, welcome back to the Privy Alliance podcast. This is Sarah and I'm back with Whitney. Hi, Whitney.

Hey, friends. How are y'all? Okay, Whitney. We've not done this one a long time that i've been gathering the hey whitney

questions and if you're a new listener to us hey whitney questions are literally that questions

are like hey whitney i'm billing x i'm experiencing this the situation happened advise me

as maternal mental health therapist disclaimer whitlaimer, Whitney is not giving you medical

vice. This is all case scenarios here that you can relate to and we can help guide you

into directions you need to go. We all wish Whitney could be our therapist. That's not physically

possible for her, but it helps us on a straight and narrow.

Okay.

So Whitney, first question.

Hey, Whitney, I love my baby so much, but I don't always love being a mom that makes me feel so guilty.

Is that normal?

Yes, because, and I'm going to say, especially if it's your first, first time mom, you love your baby,

you are connected to your baby, all those things.

But when we become a mom, we really lose a lot of independence and autonomy.

And sometimes we feel like it is Groundhog Day and it is just the same thing day in and day out and it's very monotonous.

And sometimes we feel like we kind of lose a part of ourselves during that.

And so it's okay that you don't enjoy the motherhood aspect of things that it's day in and day out.

We're tracking those diapers. We're tracking those diapers. We're

tracking those speeds. We're timing the naps and all of that. We feel like we're just stuck in a rut.

Whereas even when you go to work and you have a schedule or you have structure with it, no day is the

same. Like even as a therapist, I may work the same hours. I may have the same

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