“My mother broke out with my brother, and her hormones never regulated. She still has breakouts in her mid-50s”
A post-baby body. Photo: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images Having a baby is life-changing. You end up with a whole new person in your living space, and the addition is forever. Your relationships to everything change: to your partner or spouse, if you have one; to your parents; to your friends. And though we sometimes only talk about it in terms of post-pregnancy weight loss, our relationship with our body changes, often permanently, often in ways that have nothing to do with the number on the scale.
Mother of three, 33: I’m currently 23 weeks pregnant with baby girl No. 3 — my third pregnancy in four years. I was a college athlete, and I was always very proud of my flat stomach. For my first, I gained 40 pounds and delivered a giant-headed girl into the world in four hours. It felt like my vagina had been hit by a Mack Truck. I remember telling my husband, as I walked very slowly down our street, “I’ve been split in two.
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