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Reclaiming the “Bad Mommy”: Maternal Ambivalence, Guilt, and Authenticity in Contemporary Memoir

In the early days, I used the iPad as a pacifier. It was the only way I could shower, or work, or simply stare at the wall and remember who I was before I became "Mom." I wore that badge of "Bad Mommy" with a strange mix of shame and defiance. memoirs of bad mommies 2 full

One author, who wishes to remain anonymous, shares her story of feeling like a "bad mom" because she couldn't breastfeed her child. "I felt like I was failing my baby," she says. "All the other moms at the hospital were breastfeeding with ease, and I was over here struggling to get my baby to latch. I felt like I was somehow less of a mother because I couldn't do something that seemed so natural to everyone else." "I felt like I was failing my baby," she says