Becoming a mother isn't all happiness and roses. It was never my aspiration in life to run around wiping up shit, and holding a bottle into a mouth for hours of the day. I've been thrown into a deep depression that brings on thoughts of our mortality because bringing life into this world made me realize that before I knew it my own would end.
I found this article wonderful for those reasons.
http://www.renegademothering.com/2013/02/09/i-became-a-mother-and-died-to-live/