It is not just your "role" in society that changes, but your whole perspective on life and your priorities, every decision you make you take into account your child... How it will affect them, their future and their well being, your child becomes your main focus. And this itself is a massive change in a parents life.
When I became a mother, everything changed.
Before my baby I genuinely didn't think there was a person I could love more than my husband. But now there is one little person that has changed my life, who I love more than anyone, even in a way more than my husband. In saying this,that doesn't mean I love my husband any less, I would say having a baby together has made me love him even more, seeing the love he has for our daughter, and how well he cares and protects her makes me love him more every day, our daughter had brought so much more love into our relationship. But the difference is he can care for himself, as much as I, as his wife likes to care for him, he is very capable of looking after himself. Where as a baby, they can't. You as the parent are the one that looks after them, teaches them, feeds them. You are the one keeping them alive, and this creates a very special bond and a whole new kind of love, My love for Sophie, is a love that is beyond what any words could describe. 
From the day my baby was born, I found a new perspective. I have always been a buisness woman, work was something I gave a good amount of my attention to, I was an extremely hard worker. And I still am, Even though I am not "back at work" yet, I do some work from home when my baby is having a nap, or I have some free time. But it isn't as much as a priority as it was before. Yes it makes money, and my job is something I do enjoy doing, but at the end of the day its not something im willing to miss putting my baby to sleep over, or giving my baby her evening bath, or just missing out on a good few hours of play time and cuddles, or even a family holiday. I now feel like I have a significant line drawn between working and providing money for my family, and to appreciate uninterrupted time with my family, because at the end of the day thats whats important.
Growing up I always had dreams of having my own successful buisness, I didn't always get the best grades im school, and I would say some people did have low expectations of me and I want to prove people wrong,to show them I could have my very own fitness buisness,and show people I could earn a lot of money. And my husband owns his own Buisness, so I was inspired and motivated to have my own too. And before I had my baby, I was very much on my way to achieving these goals. But now that I have a baby, Dont get me wrong it is still a goal of mine to own my own buisness one day, but right now im content and happy with my life as it is. I really want to take in this time that I have with my baby, watch her grow into her own little person and make memories with her, because I know time goes by so quickly and in the coming years she will be going to school, and I wont be able to spend as much quality time with her as I do now. So it is important to me that I take this time to bond with my baby, instead of spending that time at work, when I do have time in the future to achieve my own personal goals.
My baby has honestly changed me in the best way possible, She has opened why eyes to the world in a whole new way, she has taught me so much in the little time she has been in my life, and I can't wait to watch her grow and develop even more than she already has, and experience her turning into her own little person with her own personality.... Motherhood really does change you.
XO JESS
