Doireann Garrihy announced she was pregnant with her first child in April
Doireann Garrihy admitted the one part of motherhood she is not prepared for.
On an episode of her podcast, Doireann and Friends, the soon-to-be mother spoke about her expectations of motherhood.
She recalled a recent post of hers on social media holding coffee and a comment she received about it.
“‘I made an iced coffee and somebody replied saying, ‘I really hope that’s decaf for the baba'”, Doireann said.
“Generally, I would ignore, but I just replied and said,
“‘My doctor told me I could have a coffee a day.'”
“I was kinda like, first of all, why are you saying this to me?” she continued.
“And second of all, it’s none of your business.”
Doireann shares that the judgment is something she isn’t prepared for as a new mother
“I don’t know how I’m going to prepare for,” she explains.
“a) Judgement from people, and,
“b) Mom guilt as a result of people being judged.”
Her sister Ailbhe joined her on the podcast and explained that parenthood and pregnancy open up the “floodgates” of people saying whatever they think:
“For me, there might be a picture of my kids in the car,
“‘They’re not strapped in properly’, ‘They shouldn’t be forward facing’.”
The presenter also notes in the podcast that one commenter said they knew she was pregnant because her Dancing With the Stars costumes were “very leg-focused.”
Their conversation on motherhood asks many questions.
But the real question is, why do people care about someone’s legs? Or why are they having one cup of coffee in a photo?
It’s strange that once you become a mother, the world only looks at your faults, as if they aren’t people too.
It might just be easier for you to, you know, not share your opinion.
She’s a soon-to-be mother, wouldn’t you think she has done some research?
