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As mothers who deliver, once our bundle of joy arrives, our body changes. Changes that most women fear and find hard to accept. We go nine months, carrying and growing life inside of our body. Then, when the time comes, we labor and push a human out into the world. What some people don’t realize is that our body is becoming a literal home for another human. That means at the point of conception, our body is no longer just our own, we share it with another person. Think about it this way, we are eating differently, drinking differently, sleeping, exercising, talking, thinking, buying things, and wearing things differently. Everything that we do, while pregnant, has to be done with that other person in mind. Because of this, we are having to allow our bodies to take a different form. The body stretches, grows, and shifts to meet the needs of the baby. This seems to be easy to understand and accept, because we know that there is a baby in there. People are very friendly and accepting towards the pregnant woman, until she no longer carries that little miracle. 

Once that little miracle is birthed, people are not so forgiving and accepting to the mother’s new postpartum body, including the mother of her own body. For example, you may over hear other people say things like this referring to women who had a baby recently; “She didn’t lose her pregnancy weight yet”, or, “she has a little ways to go”, or, “She isn’t bouncing back very quickly”. You may also hear new mothers talk about heir own bodies in the same manner. THIS IS CRAZY! 

When I had my sweet baby, I felt like a hero, Super Woman. I felt so powerful and strong. I was so incredibly honored that the Creator of the universe chose me to partner with Him to create this boy’s life. Birth is amazing!! After I experienced that, I felt invincible. I was so proud of what my body had accomplished. Even though I felt so incredible about what my body had done, I still had a few concerns about this new body. My body was not the same, it was different. But this kind of different is not to be shamed, it is to be praised.

So how did I see my new body? Watch my video to hear my thoughts.