Bitter and sweet

In my ten days of motherhood, I have learnt:

1. A normal delivery is just a delivery with fewer complications but no less sweat.
2. Pain gets redefined once you go into labour.
3. The real work starts when the baby arrives.
4. Rest when you can because the rest can wait.
5. If you initially feel no love for the little being, it is alright. You are human and you need time to adjust to the big change.
6. The bonding will happen. It always does!
7. In the end you are on your own, so stop feeling sorry for yourself. But if you cannot, go ahead and cry, and then tighten your belt, and get some work done.
8. There is always a first time, so never shy from asking for help.
9. A lot of people will claim to be ready and to be in the process of doing a lot for you but when the time comes, it all goes poof!
10. Free advice should always be treated as free and readily dispensed with.
11. Some people get more credit than they deserve, and often, those who do the dirty work do not.
12. No one can be frailer and in need of more attention and love than women who have delivered a baby.
13. Expectations are a two-way street.
14. Time flies, so know what to do with it.