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There are few other things in life that have the potential to bring about as dramatic a change to a person as motherhood. Though motherhood does not have the same effect on every woman, the resultant transformation it can have on a woman can be as dramatic as a hundred and eighty degree revolution. The experiences that a woman undergoes from the moment she becomes pregnant are so diverse that it is not surprising for a woman to go through such a complete overhaul in personality from her initiation into motherhood and the journey she experiences.

Exactly what causes these changes no one really knows although we can speculate what some of the causes may be. It may be the hormonal changes that begin with the pregnancy, the awareness of new life within her body, the knowledge that she is going to become a mother, the sight of her newborn baby, the maternal instinct that kicks in on its own accord, any combination of these or it could be something completely different. Whatever it is, the cause and effects are different for every woman.

More often than not, the effect of motherhood and how it changes a woman are of a positive nature. Many women believe that motherhood has made them better people. Qualities that motherhood may bestow upon a woman vary considerably from woman to woman and may include some or all of the following: strength, courage, responsibility, patience, love, kindness, selflessness, and more.

In addition to these qualities, a woman also develops and refines many skills. She develops the ability to perform several different tasks at the same time, such as watching the news, cooking dinner, and helping her children with homework. She develops the fine art of negotiation and learns to balance her roles as confidant, disciplinarian, teacher, and friend. She gains an intuitive understanding of her children's unspoken language that few others can decipher. She picks up the magical touch for healing bumps and bruises. She is the protector of the night who keeps the scary monsters away. She becomes a master of time, squeezing forty-eight hours into a twenty-four hour day. A woman may falter through the stormy weather but a mother soldiers on knowing she and her children will prevail.

Perhaps it is the challenges that motherhood brings that helps a woman discover the strengths within herself that she never knew existed until someone so precious had come into her life and depended upon her for it. A woman can change so much through motherhood that it can sometimes be difficult to understand exactly how motherhood changes us until we experience it for ourselves.

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