"As new moms, we proclaim that we won’t give up our careers/sex lives/independence/identities — fill…

"As new moms, we proclaim that we won’t give up our careers/sex lives/independence/identities — fill in the blank — just because we had a baby. We don’t want to lose what we were before. So we go in strong. Then slowly we learn that motherhood should be called “otherhood” — the relentless caring for others and not the self."

(via On Parenting from The Washington Post)