being a mother: postpartum

I feel like there are two different types of mom bodies:

those who came away with the same type of body that they had prior to birth & those who have a completely new body after birth. (I'm that second type).

It's not that I don't look okay, but I've become a different person both physically and mentally after giving birth to Sophie. My body is no joke.  I've talked about it before and that I had changed , but most of all, I never truly spoke of the struggles behind accepting the changes.

My hips are in different area codes now, no seriously, they grew three inches after giving birth to Sophie, and for the most part I'm okay with that.  I really am, but then there are the days that I forget that I gave birth (how I ever could is beyond me), and that I pull out my once favorite pair of jeans to just try them on, maybe they'll fit.  I pull them on only to be disappointed, not only is it a struggle to get them past my thighs, they won't even come near my hips.  And those are the days that I get frustrated and sad that despite having given birth almost a year and half ago and working out regularly, I still have maintained a mom bod.

You'd think after all of this time I'd get over it, or that I would do something about it to get back into shape.  Trust me I've tried on both accounts.  It's hard. For some women, bouncing back into shape is effortless, for others (me), it's incredibly hard.  Just working out and eating healthy did not give me my body back and neither has time.  A good part of me has chosen to spend time with my daughter over working out, and to spend that time with my husband when we get a few minutes alone.

So what is the point of this post?

To remind all of us women that it's okay to not be back at your pre-pregnancy body, and that as tough as it is to see some women just bounce back like that, we all need to stop comparing ourselves to other women.  Myself especially, I'm constantly seeing how so many of my friends bounced back easily after pregnancy, and most days it doesn't bother me, but there are those days it does.  When I see them back in their favorite pair of jeans when I can barely pull mine up.  And I know that one day, I'll get back to some semblance of the person I used to look like.  But for now,  I'm fine with having a mom bod.

Besides look at the beautiful reward I got after 9 months:

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