“Birth” Days

May 14, 2012 by Michelle

Let’s start a revolution, baby!

So, I recently decided that when any of my friends/family are celebrating the birthdays of their children, I will always make a point to wish the momma Happy “Birth” Day. Of course, birthday’s are more generally thought of as celebrations surrounding the person who was birthed instead of the birthee (whoa I think I made up a word) but right here on the blog we recently started questioning that practice. While I still believe that birthdays should celebrate our children, I also think we should acknowledge the incredible contributions of mommas.

If a momma has a biological child, she carries that child in her body for 10 months. If that same momma is a working-momma, she not only does her best to nourish her developing baby, she also somehow juggles going to work and being pregnant (and puking in the bathroom, or like myself, needing to lay on a cot during work hours to alleviate the pain of a bruised rib – no I’m not kidding).

Then mommas do something absolutely incredible, we GIVE BIRTH to our children. Sometimes births go smoothly, sometimes they don’t. No matter what though, giving birth is a huge accomplishment and many moms will tell you it’s their greatest accomplishment. Moms DESERVE a little celebration because hey, it’s our “birth” day too.

Here’s a fun image that you are free to share via facebook whenever someone you know is celebrating the birthday of their child. Have fun and thanks in advance for appreciating the mommas in your life!

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Michelle is the founder & manager of CTWorkingMoms.com. She lives in Hartford County with her husband Dan and her adorable daughter Lillian. During the day she works full-time doing event planning & project management at a job she loves. In her "free" time she can be found working on this website, spending lots of time chasing her toddler around, taking classes at her local Buddhist meditation center and hanging out with her hubz. Her core values as a mom and as a person include universal compassion, kindness and love. Her writing style tends to be on the serious side and she'll pull on your heart-strings with her honest and open posts.