Fun Fridays with POD: Happy Mother's Day! 💐

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🌷 Happy Mother’s Day 🌷

Today we celebrate the immeasurable strength, patience, and love of mothers everywhere.

Mothers don’t just give life—they give everything they’ve got, every single day.

Let’s take a moment to recognize both the physical and mental load of motherhood:

🩺 The Physical Strength of Mothers:

• During labor, the uterus exerts as much force as 397 pounds per square foot—that’s comparable to elite athletic effort.

• Childbirth can last 12–24+ hours for many women, and recovery can take 6 weeks to 6 months or more.

• Unmedicated labor has been compared to the pain of breaking multiple bones simultaneously.

  
  

🧠 The Mental Load Mothers Carry:

• A 2019 study found that 89% of mothers feel solely responsible for managing their family's schedules, appointments, and household needs—even if they have a partner.

• The average mom makes over 1,000 decisions per day just related to her kids.

• Mothers perform an estimated 2.5 full-time jobs when unpaid caregiving, emotional labor, and household work are combined.

  
  

And they do it all—often invisibly, always with love.

To all the moms—biological, adoptive, foster, step, and chosen—you are heroes in ways the world often overlooks.

Happy Mothers Day!