How to Handle Becoming a Mom During a Pandemic

Don't just survive. Learn how to thrive

Posing with my mom and partner three days before the nationwide COVID lockdown in Spain

My son is almost 6 months old and he hasn't even met his maternal grandparents. God knows when we'll get to travel abroad because of COVID-19. And my maternity leave will soon be over before having gone out much.

Shi**y situation, huh?

It's saddening that so many people fall victim to COVID-19 to this day. Still, there are perks to becoming a mom during a pandemic. I cannot deny it.

So this goes to all new parents out there, or those that are preparing to become one. Your experience shouldn't be worse than that of parenting in "normal times". You have the following advantages:

Being Left Alone to Heal After Giving Birth

Lola Vendetta's work perfectly demonstrates the postpartum experience where the male partner tells the new mother that it's not nice to tell people that they cannot come to see the baby.

The word painful doesn’t come close to describe the physical sensation felt when giving birth. Mine was a natural birth, I received some form of epidural that gets you to feel the contractions as they happen. Some women prefer cesarean delivery. Either way, whether…