Why being in the moment is more important than how your body looks postpartum motherhood
I have spotty memories of being home with my newborn and my 18-month-old. I remember the sleepless nights, breastfeeding around the clock and wearing a diaper for eight weeks . I remember feeling more competent the second time around than the first. I remember the sadness and feeling overwhelmed.
As women, the physical appearance of our bodies is generally the focal point and for monumental life experiences, the body is even more central than the experience itself. And being bombarded with endless ideologies like “breastfeeding makes the weight fall right off” or “in about six months you're back to normal”. These messages are entirely misleading and entirely unfair.
I have spent my career helping women develop safety with food and within their bodies. They recognize that pervasive patterns of disordered eating and eating disorders only leave us peripheral to almost every life experience, including having a baby.I'm not sure when or what exactly changed my thoughts and feelings about my postpartum body, except I know that time —and my girls — had a lot to do with it.
Being postpartum is equally a most beautiful time and a most frightening time. If only we could allow women to be cared for and supported safely in the rollercoaster of feelings of becoming a mother .
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