Jennifer Lawrence Calls Motherhood “Impossible” – Here’s What She Really Means

Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar-winning star of The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook, has never shied away from raw honesty. Since welcoming her son, Cy Maroney, with husband Cooke Maroney in February 2022, she’s peeled back the curtain on motherhood with a candor that’s as disarming as her on-screen charm. Now, three years in as of March 18, 2025, Lawrence has pinpointed the best thing about being a mom—and it’s a feeling so big, she can barely put it into words.

In her October 2022 Vogue cover story, Lawrence described the morning after Cy’s birth as a seismic shift. “My whole life had started over,” she said, a sentiment she doubled down on in a CNN interview: “As soon as they put him on me, it was like my life started over. It was amazing.” For Lawrence, 34, motherhood isn’t just an addition—it’s a rebirth. That first touch of her newborn son rewired her world, flooding it with a love she calls “euphoria.” “The euphoria of Cy is just—Jesus, it’s impossible,” she told Vogue. “I love you so much it’s impossible.” It’s this overwhelming, almost cosmic connection that she crowns the pinnacle of parenting.

That love spills over, too. “I love all babies now,” she confessed in the same interview. “I think newborns are amazing. They’re so precious.” Once the fiercely private actress who dodged paparazzi like a pro, Lawrence now finds herself softened, her heart cracked wide open by Cy’s arrival. It’s a transformation she didn’t see coming—and one she revels in.

But it’s not all blissed-out glow. Lawrence keeps it real, admitting the flip side of that joy. In a December 2022 chat with The Independent, she laid bare the daily guilt that gnaws at her—second-guessing if Cy’s warm enough, if she’s picking the right playtime moves. “I feel guilty every day,” she said, a nod to the relentless self-doubt that shadows even her happiest moments. And in a December 2023 piece from The Things, she called starting a family “the scariest thing in the entire world,” haunted by fears of fumbling it all. Yet, even there, she circled back to the good stuff: “My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn’t know about,” encompassing both Cy and Cooke.

For Lawrence, the best thing about being a mother isn’t a single snapshot—it’s the whole messy, beautiful upheaval. It’s the instant Cy landed in her arms, rebooting her life with a love so fierce it defies description. It’s the way that love reshapes her, stretching her heart to hold more than she ever thought possible. Sure, the worries creep in, but they’re no match for the “impossible” joy she’s found in her son. Three years into this gig, Lawrence is clear: motherhood’s magic lies in its power to make everything new again—and she’s all in for the ride.