Molly-Mae Hague has shared her honest thoughts on what life after pregnancy will be like, revealing that she's deep in her emotions about her baby no longer needing her.
"I think I'll really miss my body providing for her in this way," Molly-Mae said in response to being asked what she'll miss most about pregnancy. "I just think it's so insane that my body takes care of everything she needs."
The reality TV star turned business mogul went on: "I will find it quite hard when she's here and no longer needs any of that from me."
"Obviously I can't WAIT for her to arrive," she added. "I've just had the most incredible journey so far that I'd do it again in a heart beat, I'll miss it all (apart from the constant weeing, I can't wait for that to go)!"
As well as giving fans a real insight into her pregnancy – and soon-to-be postpartum experience – some have suggested that Molly-Mae's comments speak volumes about womanhood and how many mothers feel much the same after welcoming their new bundle of joy.
"As we’re quickly approaching the end of this pregnancy all of the emotions... are starting to hit. I’ll never feel baby kicks in my belly again, I’ll never get to just have those months of just me and him to myself again, and I am emotional," one mum-to-be recently wrote on Twitter, as another expectant parent tweeted: "I have such mixed feelings about being at the end of my pregnancy. Like I’m so excited to meet my little girl and feel normal again, but at the same time I’m so saddened I’ll never feel her kick or have this type of bond with her again."
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"Being so close to the end of pregnancy is very strange and emotional. I am so ready to meet this babe but also will miss them swimming and dancing (and punching!!) about my tum," someone else said, echoing much the same sentiment. "Lots and lots of big feelings!"
These post-pregnancy feelings are akin to another set of emotions mothers often discuss, 'empty next syndrome' – feelings of loss, grief, sadness and loneliness – when the last (or only) child leaves home, and the same could be said for the end of a pregnancy.
Nevertheless, it seems that Molly-Mae – and other mums-to-be – have nothing to worry about in terms of that feeling of being 'needed' coming to an end. As one Mumsnet user says so perfectly: "I'm 44 and I still need my mum!"
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