Welcome to Motherhood
I was chatting with my wife while she was nursing our baby when suddenly everything shifted and I found myself looking at MYSELF?!? I felt a sensation I had ever experienced before as I realized I was nursing our baby now! “What happened? Oh my god! I’m YOU! I’m… oh my… I'm… breastfeeding? ”
She said in my confident male voice from what is suppsed to be my body, “Sorry honey, but I just couldn’t do it… you wanted a big family so badly, I tried… but I’m just not cut out to be a mommy. So here’s how it’s going to be… YOU’RE going to be the babymaker in our marriage, YOU’RE going to breastfeed them, YOU’RE going to be the stay-at-home mom you wanted ME to be while I’M going to be the man of the house, I’M going to be the daddy and go to work every day and be the breadwinner that our stupid patriarchal society wouldn’t let me do… that YOU can’t do anymore because you’re the mommy!”
“Please! I can’t be you! I can’t be a woman! I don’t know the first thing about babies! {sshh shh sweetie, mommy’s right here} I don’t want to take your place and be a mommy!”
“You know everything I knew… yeah… which wasn’t much… but you’re so natural! You got our little one fed and sleepy just like a good mommy. Now put her in her cradle and come show me how natural you are as a good wifey too! I can’t wait to put another baby in you!”
“Another baby?”
“You said you wanted a big family! You just have to lay back and let it happen!”
This is so weird… but she’s right… I do want a big family… and I don’t want to be a single mom… I’ll have to stay here in her body… I’m going to have to be the woman… the wife… the babymaker…. I’m going to have to be mommy…
I put the little one to bed and followed my husband to our bed, “{glup} yes… dear…” was all I could say knowing my fate…