Would you still "like" this bump if it wasn’t a baby? What if this was just the way I looked all the time?
As a society we love those big baby bumps!
Get as huge as you can little baby!!
But what happens when she comes out?
Now that stomach that took nine long months to stretch that big is suddenly suppose to shirk instantly back to pre baby size??
Now that tummy pic is hurriedly replaced with “after” and “progress” pics... 🤔
Now that tummy pic is hurriedly replaced with “after” and “progress” pics... 🤔
Hurry, hurry!
Rush, rush!
Rush, rush!
How fast can you “get it back!”??
Get what back???
My body? (Looks down) but it’s still here!
It never left!
It may be a little different now, but how could it not be? Really, how could it not be?
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My body? (Looks down) but it’s still here!
It never left!
It may be a little different now, but how could it not be? Really, how could it not be?
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It’s kind of interesting, with my first I got so many comments about how quickly I lost all the baby weight. But what they didn’t know was that I lost it all so fast because I literally could not even look at food without feeling sick! I couldn’t eat for weeks due to PPD and feeling so terrible.
And so yes, I lost weight pretty quickly, but think of at what cost? And what that means if I ever wanted to loose it that quickly again! That was not healthy and certainly not intentional. And guess what? Months later I gained the weight back and have never gone back to “pre baby” weight again!
But why should I need to?? Our bodies are NOT pre baby and never will be again. Think about that.
And so yes, I lost weight pretty quickly, but think of at what cost? And what that means if I ever wanted to loose it that quickly again! That was not healthy and certainly not intentional. And guess what? Months later I gained the weight back and have never gone back to “pre baby” weight again!
But why should I need to?? Our bodies are NOT pre baby and never will be again. Think about that.
We never lost our bodies and we don’t NEED to “get them back”.
Now don't get me wrong, what we do need is to focus on our optimal health - however that may look for you while managing a new born, breastfeeding (if you choose or can) and whatever else you are juggling at the time! The weight should be the absolute last thing on your mind as you search for health and well being.
Now don't get me wrong, what we do need is to focus on our optimal health - however that may look for you while managing a new born, breastfeeding (if you choose or can) and whatever else you are juggling at the time! The weight should be the absolute last thing on your mind as you search for health and well being.
Because....
A weight is NOT always health.
But your grace and acceptance for your body is.
A weight is NOT always health.
But your grace and acceptance for your body is.
Your motivation to just get up and move to feel alive and happy is.
Your health should be measured in how well your body is serving you in ways that bring you happiness. Not in how it looks.
Sometimes that means more exercise and better eating, but it never has to be in pursuit of a body you think you’ve lost.
Because guess what? All along it’s been here, and it’s yours, and it just did the grandest thing a body can possibly do!
So maybe instead of grieving it’s past, let’s try to embrace it a little more.
Offer your whole self some grace ♥️
