Nollywood actress Paschaline Alex is now a mother, welcoming her first child.
While sharing maternity photos on her Instagram page, she noted how people say motherhood changes one, and she now understands what they meant. The Jenifa Diary star said that, looking back at her maternity photos, she sees a woman becoming a mother while still figuring things out.
She admitted that there were days she felt ready, and days she had absolutely no idea what she was doing. According to her, those days were filled with excitement, uncertainty, fear, gratitude, and so many questions.
Now, looking at the pictures with her baby in her arms, she realises she wasn’t just growing a baby, but growing a new version of herself.
“They say motherhood changes you.
I think you only truly understand what that means when it happens to you.
Looking back at these pictures, I see a woman who was becoming a mother while still figuring things out. Learning her changing body, learning to make room for someone she hadn’t met yet, carrying so much love for a little person she only knew through tiny kicks and a heartbeat.
Some days I felt ready; other days, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing—days filled with excitement, uncertainty, fear, gratitude and so many questions.
But I kept going.
And now, looking at these pictures with you finally in my arms, I realise I wasn’t just growing a baby. I was growing into a new version of myself too.
I’m still learning. Still figuring it out. Maybe that’s what motherhood is becoming, every single day.
These pictures will always hold a version of me I’ll never forget, the woman who carried you before she ever got to hold you.
And I think there’s something incredibly beautiful about that”.
Many flooded her comment section with congratulatory messages.
Christabel Egbenya wrote, “Congratulations dear, welcome to motherhood
Onyi Alex wrote, “Aww, congratulations
Chizzy Alichi wrote, “Congratulations my darling
Lizzy Gold wrote, “Wow, congratulations dear
Mercy Macjoe wrote, “Omg. Yes PK. Huge congratulations
BBNaija Angel Smith’s mother wrote, “Congratulations, sweetheart
Alesh Sanni wrote, “Oh my God—this one sweet my belle o. See my baby. Congratulations, my amazing girl
Bimbo Ademoye wrote, “Nkem, you’d make such a great mother
Sharon Francis wrote, “Welcome to motherhood. A big congratulations
Destiny Etiko wrote, “Wow, congrats, lovely
Chinenye Ennebe wrote, “Aww, congratulations
Moyo Lawal wrote, “Aww congrats
Uche Ogbodo wrote, “Wow
Mimi Orjiekwe wrote, “Congratulations
Jide Awobona wrote, “Paschaline
Nkechi Blessing wrote, “Awww
Ebube Mwah I wrote, “Congratulations nne
Susan Peters wrote, “Congratulations”.