Tag: postpartum

ADVICE, BLOG, INSPIRATION

Loving our Postpartum Bodies

February 20, 2020
Before I became a Mama I never gave thought to what my body would look like post-partum. I guess I just presumed it would ping straight back into shape – the media aways showed us these perfect looking celebrities who had given birth and looked like they’d never even been pregnant. So when I gave...

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This is {my} postpartum

September 4, 2019
I’m now ten weeks postpartum with my fifth baby. Thankfully, I’ve had a super easy recovery, and have felt pretty fantastic right since he was born. I’ve been lucky in always having pretty easy recoveries after I have given birth, but this has been by far the best. I’m so grateful I had such an...

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Postpartum Anxiety

August 27, 2019
Postpartum anxiety doesn’t get talked about anywhere near as much as postpartum depression. And while I knew that I had PPD after my second child was born, postpartum anxiety never occurred to me. It’s only been in the last three years when I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety that I’ve realised that I definitely had...

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Postpartum Essentials

July 8, 2019
Almost three weeks postpartum, and physically this has been the easiest recovery I have ever had after a birth. For the fifth time, I was super lucky not to have torn whilst delivering, and I was up and about the day after giving birth. Still, there are some items that prove to be essential in...

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Feeling all the feelings

July 1, 2019
One thing that I had kind of forgotten about the postpartum period is just how much of an emotional rollercoaster it is. Hormones are all over the place, add in sleep deprivation and the constant-ness of caring for a newborn, and it is a recipe for feeling a little crazy! The past ten days my...

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