Postpartum body acceptance is a hot topic. How does one accept, love and embrace our new bodies after having children? I have had 2 cesarean sections (2015 & 2019), I put on 10kgs with both pregnancies, however, I didn't lose the first 10kgs... The surgery mark has left me with a tummy that hangs over … Continue reading Postpartum body acceptance
Postpartum, an adjective meaning 'following childbirth'. According to Wikipedia there are 3 phases, the last one lasting up to 6 months. So does that mean that, following 6 months postpartum we (read "our bodies") should have returned to our pre-baby state? I put that exact pressure on myself following both Tristan's and most recently, Grayson's … Continue reading Postpartum bull crap
When you're pregnant everyone talks about what to do with the baby; how to care for him/her, breast vs bottle, tummy time etc, what they forget to cover is that your postpartum care is just as, if not more important. You can't care for your new baby if you don't care for yourself properly. Below … Continue reading Postpartum
When I started writing this post I had no idea what the title was going to be. There are so many options to express, in just a few words, what this post is about. Some of the titles I thought of were 'pre-pregnancy vs pregnancy weight', 'why are we so hard on ourselves' and 'scale … Continue reading Our bodies should be honoured
It's no secret that I'm pregnant, 22 weeks to be exact (at time of writing this post), and something I have struggled to find both with this pregnancy and my first, is good, cost effective maternity wear for both active and leisure purposes. So you can imagine my excitement when I found Fit Mama on … Continue reading Maternity active wear I love