Raw image of mum unites knowing mothers

This is what motherhood looks like

An image of a teary, tired, and raw mother went viral as knowing mothers recognised her state.

An image of a new mum has sparked an avalanche of support from mums around the world who recognise her raw and open state.

“This is a picture of me 3 days postpartum. I was so raw and so open, I was a f&$#ing mess,” Danielle Haines says on her Facebook page.

“I loved my baby, I missed his daddy (he went back to work that day), I was mad at my mom, my heart hurt for my brother because my mom left us and now I had a little boy that looked like him, my nipples were cracked and bleeding, my milk was almost in, my baby was getting really hungry, I was feeling sad that people kill babies, like on purpose, I had not slept since I went into labor, I didn’t know how to put my boobs away, my vagina was sore from sitting on it while nursing constantly, I was kinda loosing [sic] my mind.”

She went on to describe how her girl tribe came in and supported her with gifts of food, and loving support when she needed it most.

“I had a magical Postpartum. It wasn’t easy but I was so supported and fed and reminded that the mothers before me had been through this part of motherhood, and that I’d get through it just fine too,” she wrote.