Anni Vuohijoki tells on her Instagram account what kind of traumas and worries motherhood has brought to the surface.
Anni Vuohijoki became a mother in June 2024. Mikko Huisko
Ex-weightlifter and doctor Anni Vuohijoki, 37, is the mother of a 1.5-year-old son, Lauri. The boy is named after Vuohijoki’s brother. He died at the age of 23 at the beginning of the millennium after being beaten.
Vuohijoki now says in his recent Instagram post that the birth of a child has brought to the surface the traumas of loss. According to Vuohijoki, the biggest trauma related to his brother’s death was seeing how his parents mourned.
– That sadness and pain is something that still takes my breath away, Vuohijoki writes.
Vuohijoki says in the update that his son recently fell and hit his head. Vuohijoki knew that the fall would result in a bruise and the boy would need monitoring. Then bigger fears and traumas started creeping into his mind as the night came.
– But when the boy fell asleep, the video of that pain started playing in my mind. I don’t want to be a mother. That thought crept into my mind. Not because I don’t love my son, but because I don’t want to face the pain that losing my own child or the fear of it caused in me. I stayed up all night watching Lauri’s sleep. I checked that he was breathing. I woke up Lauri at night to check that everything is okay, Vuohijoki says and notes that parenthood has been a scary, but educational journey.
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Vuohijoki’s touching writing got a lot of comments from his followers.
– Huh. Hugs Anni, Rita Niemi-Manninen wrote.
– Oh well said. As a mother, I have experienced this pain a lot. You just have to somehow try not to be afraid. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. You are a good mother
– That’s it, as a mother like this, that fear is the worst, but not dominant.
– Thank you for this article. It hit my heart hard too.