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"I think we should be more concerned about the overall well-being of women postpartum. I don't think that we need to bounce back.”
This culture does not make it easy to be a woman, let alone a postpartum one. For godssake, let us have postpartum, too.
"This picture isn't about feeling amazing in my body. It's a moment where I honored what my body DID for me vs. how it LOOKED for me."
My body still feels different, but I can't stop wearing these.
I personally found myself wanting more core support in my early postpartum months.
"Yes, this is a postpartum body. And yes, this is a postpartum body that also looks like a pregnant body."
She was shamed for gaining weight, then shamed for losing some. Enough.
2. Worrying about going to the bathroom
In the fourth trimester, your baby is going through a massive environment transition.
I compared myself to other pregnant people, both around me in real life and on social media.
For the first time in nine years I'm not pregnant or nursing a baby.
Pregnancy and postpartum life transforms our bodies in beautiful, yet occasionally uncomfortable, ways.
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