India, Aug. 11 -- For some women, motherhood does not begin with uncomplicated joy. It can begin with exhaustion, fear, grief, numbness, confusion or simply the struggle to get through each day. Prakriti Saxena Poddar, Clinically Trained Mental Health & Wellbeing Expert and Global Head at Roundglass, shared with HT Lifestyle that these emotions do not make a woman less loving or capable.

"Some mothers first meet motherhood not through joy but through simple survival. For some women, the birth of a baby brings immediate joy and connection. For others, it brings fear, exhaustion, grief, numbness, confusion, or overwhelm. None of this makes them less loving or less capable. It simply means that motherhood is not one universal emotional expe...