PLAYING A MOTHER

A birth of a child is the most wondrous and exciting thing in the world – no wonder that little newcomers get a lot of attention! There are millions of appointments, visits and questionings by health care professionals, well-meaning relatives and friends. Just make sure they breastfeed properly, they gain enough weight, they sleep through the night, and develop as they „should”. The system is wired to take care of them, and to make sure they thrive. And it’s great – undoubtedly that’s the way it should be! But while there is a lot of fuss over those beautifully smelling miracoulous little bundles, nobody really thinks of, or talks about the mother. Even though, with a birth of a child another story begins there, too. A story of a new person: the MOTHER.