{"id":8094,"date":"2015-09-21T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/?p=8094"},"modified":"2024-01-14T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T14:08:14","slug":"post-baby-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/post-baby-body\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uncomfortable Truth About Your Post-Baby Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inside: It’s hard to love your post-baby body. But my toddler taught me an important postpartum lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gained a lot of weight during my last pregnancy<\/a>. A lot.<\/em> My diet was fine, I exercised when I could, and I didn’t have gestational diabetes. Still, my weight gain was crazy high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I talked a big game<\/a> about being okay with it, and I was. I still am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My body did exactly<\/strong> what it needed to do in order to grow a perfectly healthy 9 pound 3 ounce baby girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here’s the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard to accept 55 pounds of pregnancy weight gain when that cute baby is on the outside and it’s three months postpartum, but you still look real damn pregnant<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to mention I’m older this time, and my post-baby body<\/strong> isn’t bouncing back as fast as it did last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I got a fitness tracker, I’m walking every day provided it’s not 100 degrees out, and we cut our pizza habit down to once a week. And I’m nursing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, that postpartum belly won’t<\/strong> budge.<\/p>\n\n\n