You know that feeling of pure happiness and joy you get when you realize you’re marrying the love of your life and everything’s going super well. He loves you more than anything in the world, you love him equally, the two of you are focused in your own little world that, nothing else matters (Metallica pun intended).

BUT THEN… You have a baby.

That was a non-expected turn of events. The congratulations keep on flowing, people start making comparisons even when the baby is legit a day old etc. Things start to change, some for the better and a few for the worst. We’ve gathered up a few moments that perfectly describes the aftermath of having a baby and how things go in every direction known to mankind.

1. The Comparision Phadda

Even when the baby is a few hours old and it’s EXTREMELY difficult to make out their features, there will still be that one aunt who says “Yeh tou bilkul aapni daadi pe gayi hai” and then another contradicting aunty that says “Aray nahi nahi, bilkul apne nana pe gaya hai”.  A few days later, you see yourself trying to prove how the infant looks like more like your dad than his mom.

2. Priorities Change

Remember the good old days when your husband came late from work and you’d wait for him, just to have dinner with them or prepare him his favorite home cooked meal, sometimes even feeding him, gazing into his eyes and believing that that’s where your universe resides? Well, guess what? After you have a kid, all that’s going to hell. Your first priority will change your baby’s diaper because he shits a lot and feeding him because he cries a lot. You’ll barely give time to your husband.

3. Quality time? What’s that?

Everything that you ever did with your husband, like going on a movie date, dinner dates, cuddling, doing house chores together to make ’em more fun, spending time together just vaguely holding hands etc, yeah that’s not going to happen now. Everything you do will be for your baby. From waking up at 8 am to sleeping at 2 am, your kid will take up your entire day and your husband will feel deprived.

4. Forget Micheal Kors, Gucci, and Versace

Oh, so you like buying expensive handbags and looking fly af? News flash, you’re going to have to go to a baby’s store and get yourself a pink and blue colored, weirdly printed bag to carry diapers and napkins. Sometimes even more than that. That Fendi can go rot in the closet for the next 5 years!

5. The ‘Effortless’ Look

So you see models on the runway rocking the ‘no makeup, I woke up like this look’. But in reality, let’s face it, it takes a ton of effort to look effortlessly beautiful. There’s a plot twist. You’re barely ever going to have time to do your makeup at home. Unless you can master putting a full face of makeup in the car without messing up.

6. THOSE BAGS!

We’re not talking about your beloved Tom Ford and Louis Vuitton. Those under eye bags guuuurl! They’re going to get you famous. Your family will make fun of them and say “Kaisa lag raha hai naya naya maa banna?” Plus all the women you know will tell you how they were tired for the first few years of their life too.

But either way, despite the side effects, having a baby is the most beautiful thing in the world because your life will take a huge turn. Sure it’s going to be tough in the beginning but hey, it’s worth it in the end. Being a mother is the biggest blessing, us women have. Motherhood will prove itself worthy when your child will make you proud. It doesn’t have to be something big, even when they don’t poop on the bed, you’re going to take that as an achievement and be proud!