@journeyofanhonestmum: WHY I’M SHARING THIS 👇🏻 😬 When I found out I was pregnant with twins my first concern was “How is my body going to recover from this?” 💪 I had recovered so well from my first two singleton pregnancies & I have heard the stories about “the last baby who ruined my body”… let alone it being twins. 🏋️♀️ You can call me vain but my appearance is important to me. I had been looking after my body for years all for it to come to this one thing I have absolutely no control over. 👀 I started to google twin pregnancies. I was HORRIFIED. I was desperately searching for a twin mum who recovered well. I found ONE woman on google images. She was my hope! 🫤 One thing I find quite frustrating about motherhood is how everyone likes to share all their negatives & there’s this silent competition of “Who had it worse” - so many women needing to justify their experiences. We all need validation. But how scary is that for women who have not yet had children. It’s terrifying! 😵 Even me, already a mum of 2 was terrified of the twin stories I kept seeing & hearing. So in light of my struggle to find women who had a positive twin pregnancy experience I wanted to share mine. 😁 I’m really proud of my recovery from my twin pregnancy & birth. I came out relatively unscathed. I’m living proof it CAN happen. Sure, I have good genetics. I know that. But I also was diligent not to over eat during pregnancy or postpartum, I didn’t breastfeed so I didn’t get the “free” weight loss from that. 🥗 I lost over 10kg from when I was 2 weeks postpartum onwards by creating good habits. My weight still fluctuates. I have weeks I just don’t care to be “healthy” and weeks I’m acing it. 🫣 I have stretch marks (just not on my tummy) - people assume it means I don’t have them, I have loose skin (not heaps but it’s there), I have cellulite & I put all my weight on my thighs & butt. Despite all those things, I feel the most confident in my body ever. More confident than when I had no cellulite & abs. I’m confident because I’m so proud of my body. I’m proud to be mother. I feel great just being me! FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: Journeyofanhonestmum #twinpregnancy #postpartum #twinmom #twins #postpartumbody
