Saying Goodbye To My Old Body

As women we face the constant ridicule of our image & keeping this ideal appearance; Beautiful hair, glowing skin, and a perfect body. Society tells us if we are too thin we look bad but if we are too big we look worse, and if we just had a baby... we look gross.

It has taken me some time to realize that my body is still healing, still processing, still working— I am feeding an entire other human. However in my head I keep picturing my stomach as it was pre pregnancy, my arms and legs smaller, my hair thicker, me with less boobs, and no stretch marks... but yet here I am.

Some women can get up on day 3 postpartum and start moving and walking and light exercising, some after 4 weeks, and some take more time to heal and let their bodies find their way to move again.

There shouldn’t be this pressure to quickly get back to looking like you did before or better.. we should be celebrating our stretch marks, our larger boobs (that feed our baby) our wider hips from birthing, and I can’t believe I have to get up every day to remind my self this.

I know that I’m not alone in having this feeling especially right now experiencing PP during a global pandemic. It’s a crazy time & even hard to navigate all the emotions, and having your main focus on a new little bundle of joy... the last thing on my to do list is fitting in a work out.

We are so strong mommas, and we shouldn’t compare ourselves to any other women, or even to our old body, but truly embrace this “new.” All bodies are beautiful & unique just as all birth stories.

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