Mumbai, Jan 12: As her daughter Vamika turned five, actress Anushka Sharma shared a heartfelt reflection on her journey into motherhood, expressing that she cherishes every moment of it and wouldn’t trade her experience for anything in the world.

Anushka, who welcomed her first child, Vamika, in 2021 with cricketer Virat Kohli, took to her Instagram stories to re-share a post about how motherhood transforms a person.

The post read: "Let motherhood change you – and take responsibility for this new version of you. The idea that we can keep our old lives, just slightly adjusted, and simply take our babies along… is only partly true. No one mentioned the cost. With tired eyes and a full heart, our needs are not disappearing – they’re being rearranged."

The post further stated that a mother is a paradox: "Love and exhaustion, growth and grief, all living side by side. All these feelings are exhausting enough. It happens in these small, heavy, meaningful moments that shape us – and they deserve space. Because they take so much from us, and we are meant to be seen and held."

Re-sharing this post, Anushka added the caption: "And I wouldn’t go back to any version of me that didn’t know you, my child. Jan 11, 2021 (red heart emoji)."

Anushka and Virat, who tied the knot in December 2017 in Italy, are also parents to a son, Akaay, who was born in February 2024.

On the acting front, Anushka was last seen in the 2018 film Zero, directed by Aanand L. Rai. The film, which also stars Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Abhay Deol, revolves around Bauua Singh, a short man from Meerut who, after struggling to find a marriage partner, forms a relationship with Aafia Bhinder, a scientist with cerebral palsy at a fictional space research facility, NSAR. A love triangle ensues, testing his relationship with Aafia, as he embarks on an adventure to discover his true love and fulfilment in life.