Midwife asks mothers: “Take care of yourself first”

Hello, I’m Kerstin Lüking, and I stand up for women and mothers who, in my opinion, are far too low in our society.
I am a midwife and have looked after over 4,000 families over the past 20 years. And I am the mother of seven children. You heard right – seven! So I know the topic of motherhood from almost every angle. That’s why I know very well how many of you feel. And right now through Corona we know how much work we women have to do.
Many of us mothers ask the question: where am I actually? Who will take care of me? To answer this question, I give all women a bouquet of ideas for change. There is something for EVERYONE and EVERYONE can change something! The main thing is soon!
Above all, it says: Take care of yourself first. Like on a plane! First the oxygen mask for you – then you help the others! I can already hear you: How am I supposed to do it? I have my job, the children and the household. There is no time for me!
I say STOP: You only have ONE health and ONE life. And: you are important. You have to take the time for yourself! You also manage to write comments on Instagram and distribute hearts. Please like yourself first in the future! Perhaps you will start in small steps to develop an exit strategy from the hamster wheel.
This could be more exercise, for example in the early morning when the children are still in bed. Maybe you also need more breaks, more sleep and just a warm, good meal. Build up a network of people who will support you in this. At least that’s how I do it, and it works damn well.
Start changing something now. Because you know:
Without us women, almost nothing works!