I just wanted to write a post with some postpartum pictures and what’s on my mind. Delete if it’s not allowed in this group.

My baby was born about a month ago now (time has gone by so fast!) and my body has changed so much. I never thought I would have stretch marks like I do. All over the center of my stomach, on my love handles, low back, thighs and butt. When I got home from the hospital, I was in extreme pain in my tailbone area. I was tired and i was leaking SO much and bleeding SO much. I felt gross. Most of all an emotional wreck, the emotions I experienced was something I never felt before or expected. So, I didn’t even look at my body or care what I looked like. When my emotions started to level out a bit (still a work in progress lol) I started to look at my body more. I tried to tell myself “you just had a baby, give yourself a break!” But let’s be honest, that doesn’t always do the trick. Anyways, today is the first day I’m not wearing a nursing bra or nursing pads (at least for a while lol) or regular pads because bleeding is finally stopped (for now). My baby is finally starting to only wake up twice during the night (not every night, sometimes it’s still 4 times, and he doesn’t always fall back to sleep right away) but I’m finally starting to feel somewhat better. I’m not 100% ME and I’m not sure what ME really is anymore to be honest. This was and still is the hardest but most rewarding journey ever. I hated pregnancy and kept saying I’m never doing it again, now who knows 😂🥰.

I guess my point of this was to say, women are awesome and so incredibly strong. No matter how your pregnancy went, your birth, how you chose to raise your baby or how you look. No matter what - this is hard work. You are strong and you are beautiful! 💙