Motherhood comes with a ton of hardships like sleepless nights and diaper blow-outs. Fortunately, it also comes with some perks you might not have expected. Obviously, there's the whole endless love part and hugs and cute baby onesies, but here are a few other benefits that are pretty sweet, too...

1. Tax Refunds. Upon my first post-kid visit to TurboTax.com, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the universe (er, well, the government) wanted to monetarily acknowledge all the hard work I'd been doing in the baby maintenance department that year. I typed in my new addition and BAM- I just doubled my tax refund! Of course, it didn't come close to covering L&D costs, diapers, or my many trips to the therapist (kidding, kind of), but I guess... to read the rest, click here!