@dreainbloom: Nobody really talks about what it feels like to live in a body that suddenly feels unfamiliar after having a baby. A part of me believed I would bounce back faster. That somehow things would just go back to normal. But pregnancy and postpartum don’t always follow the timeline you imagine. I was high-risk for most of my pregnancy and dealt with high blood pressure, which led to an emergency C-section. My body went through so much more than I ever expected. And postpartum… you look in the mirror and sometimes you don’t recognize the body looking back at you. There are moments where you mourn your old body. The one that felt familiar. The one that felt like you. But then I remind myself — this body carried life. It created life. I once heard someone say, why do we try so hard to make it look like we never had them at all? These scars. These stretch marks. This softer version of me. They are proof that my body did something extraordinary. So yes, sometimes I miss the woman I was before. But I’m also learning to love the woman I became because of her. Learning to be a little more gentle with myself. 🤍 #4monthspostpartum #postpartumjourney #csectionrecovery #momtok #postpartumbody

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