How are you feeling about your postpartum body?

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I’m a first time mom and delivered my baby girl on Dec 23rd 🥰
I’m going on 13 weeks postpartum this Sunday 3/24 and was just curious... 
How are all you ladies feeling about your postpartum body?????
For me, each day is a battle... some days I feel fantastic! 💪🏽
Some days seeing my stretch marks make me want to cry. 😢
I’ve never been the kind of girl who liked to show off her midriff, but I’m feeling so much regret... 🤦🏽‍♀️
all the years I thought I was fat, and now what I would give to go back in time and say F it, because at least my pre-pregnancy body was mark-free and I had great skin! 👙
We never know what we have until it’s gone... right? 🤷🏽‍♀️
So I’m just wondering how you ladies are feeling, & what do you do to boost your self confidence? 🤔 Obviously our bodies can’t be the same... they just went through a miraculous feat! 😅 
WE CAN GIVE LIFE!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤩😍🤩😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Truly, having a new body to learn to love is a small sacrifice for birthing our precious blessings... 🤱🏽
So how are you ladies feeling? Let’s support each other!! ☺️
((Also please share if your a first time mom or a multi-child wonder mom)) 😄

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Some things I can work on, but I feel like my boobs are ruined forever 😫

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My daughter was born on the 23rd as well 😍
As for my body I have moments where I look and think I don’t like ... but then I tell myself to get a grip, my body did the most amazing job growing my daughter for 9 months , the marks and changes are proof of it 😍

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I feel the same, im a ftm and i love my baby girl so much but im not liking my body. I am trying to lose weight to at least get to my pre pregnancy weight but it is a struggle. I was never really that skinny once i hit my 20's but stayed in the 130's so being this big is very new to me.

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I’m feeling okay. This is my second so I knew with breastfeeding it’d be hard for me to lose baby weight- for some reason the hormones just make it super tough for my body. I’m working out 6 days a week, eating about 80% healthy, and just trying to give myself grace. I keep a baby alive with my body that’s what I tell myself when I feel down 😂 once I stopped breastfeeding my first (one year) I got down to below prepregnancy weight so I know it’s so much easier for me after weaning. Weird how every woman is different with all that!
For now I’m just wearing stuff that makes me feel confident (ish... mostly leggings and flowy dresses) and focusing on being the healthiest mom I can be for my 2.5 yr & almost 4 mo old 🥰🥰

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It is hard, but as a third time mom I remind myself that it just takes time. With both of my children already it took about 1 year until I felt back to normal. The marks fade, the weight can come off by then, and you're sleeping again. Just remember, your reality today is different than what it will be in 10 months! It's hard now, I know, I wear the same leggings every.single.day. I'm trying to focus on these really awesome breastfeeding boobs I have that always dissappear after I wean.

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I'm feeling better about my body now than before I was pregnant lol! I gained 30 lbs during pregnancy and have lost 40 lbs since. Also I actually have muscles in my arms now from lugging my big chunk around all day 😂 My stomach is much squishier than it used to be and I have stretch marks but no one sees any of that and I'm trying to embrace it.

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I always been on the bigger side. I honestly see myself the same as before I got pregnant? I am in the same weight. My boobs look the same old saggy as they were Bcz they are huge.  Always had stretch marks. I legit feel the same physically except more aches. 🤷🏽‍♀️ is my first and I told myself I was gonna be nice to myself after. Well, nothing seems different so I think is good?

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After baby#1 I felt awful, I couldn't loose baby weight for a long time because I was breastfeeding. I was so unhappy with how I looked like after my son was born. After I stopped breastfeeding, my weight went back to pre-pregnancy. So I mentally prepared myself not to have high expectations of how I will look after baby#2 arrives. My daughter was born on December 3 and to my huge surprise, I lost all of the baby weight in two weeks, no stretch marks and I'm able to wear my pre-pregnancy clothes almost right the way. I am so happy with my body now, I still can't believe how I could get back in shape without doing anything, just breastfeeding.

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I feel ok. Our bodies created little miracles! I feel sooo grateful to it for doing such a hard job and doing it right! (I had no problems while being pregnant or when delivering, neither had my LO 🤞, and doctors used to tell me even that I should not give a birth to a child as I had chronical problems with kidneys for years!) so it’s ok to be a little off tune after that. And it’s been only a few months. And examples of others inspire me: I know I can get sporty when I’m ready. There’s nothing impossible. Also, I find beauty in stretch marks. They are the reminders of what you strong body is capable of. And when you feel grateful to your body, it brings the confidence that makes you sexy as hell! 🌹 I do I feel kind of new, ripe sexuality.  Wish I could inspire you to feel that too, cause every one of us is awesome! And realising that is something of growing up.

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Wow hearing all of the feedback on here is just so refreshing!! If anything I just do not feel alone anymore in this journey!!! Thank you to all who took the time to comment and participate. I think we are all beautiful in our own way and while we will never be the exact same, we have life to a beautiful baby and what more could we really ask for?!? One thing is I feel so much stronger with my body than I ever felt before, I feel that if I could accomplish childbirth I could accomplish anything! So hopefully it is just a matter of time (and a few changes) to feel 100% confident... I have a strange feeling that through this I will end up more confident than I ever used to be pre-pregnancy! 🙏🏽

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