"Not being honest about what motherhood is really like is the greatest disservice we do other women. Having a baby is like going to the moon, and nobody ever tells you that, the actor told the Times. But it's hard for women to talk about. There's a lot of shame. You don't want to feel like you don't love your child, but there is a grief around becoming a mother, because you lose part of yourself."
"At the beginning of my after, when I brought my baby home from hospital 11 years ago, I had a devastating epiphany: I've made a terrible mistake. My husband had to go straight back to work, straight back to his life being a dad was neatly added to his identity, a cherry on the cake. Being a mum became all I was. All I did, day in and day out, around the clock."
Rose Byrne stars in the mum noir film If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, delivering a tour de force of matriarchal fury that earned an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe, Berlin's best leading performance, and New York Film Critics Circle best actress awards. The film confronts shame, grief and identity loss that often follow becoming a mother. Having a baby is likened to going to the moon; motherhood can erase parts of self, provoking a devastating epiphany of regret, monotony, and boredom as domestic labor becomes all-consuming. The account insists grieving that loss is valid and necessary.
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