Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
If there's one thing I wish folks would have been more REAL about when I was pregnant, it would have to be the healing process after birth.
I mean of course you got the "oh it will take 6 weeks to get back to normal". Heads up, that's a lie...for most women it takes way longer than 6 weeks to get back to normal and THATS NORMAL. I'll also be the first to tell you it takes even longer than that to feel like yourself. Im currently 9 months postpartum and Im just starting to feel like "me" again.
But what I'm really talking about is how to actually heal in those first few weeks after birth, what products you really need and how to make the healing process go as smooth and as quickly as possible.
Cuz nobody wants to be out here wasting their time or money on crapy products that do nothing for us and don't help us heal...
*Sigh*
It's taken me five months to write this and honestly if it wasn't Mother's Day, i'm not sure I would be writing it now.
But when I started reflecting on being a mom and what that means to me, the first thing I thought about was the day I became one and how it was nothing I ever imagined it would be. How scared I was and how in the days after I wasn't even sure I would make it home to be with my daughter...let alone make it to my first Mother's Day.
I'm writing this for moms-to-be so you always remember to advocate for yourselves throughout your pregnancy and birth and for moms who have gone through this, to know you are not alone.
So, here we go...my birth story.
Ohhhhhhhweeeeee!
My second trimester has come and gone so quickly. I mean I'm just 11 short weeks away from meeting my Baby Bean and becoming a whole mom!
And although the time has flown by, a few thing that haven't are these second trimester symptoms...which seem to be lasting into my third.
So what are they? Are they worst than the first?
Ya'll know I'm here with nothing but the real on this whole pregnancy thing, so lets talk about second trimester symptoms shall we?
Clearly by the title...you can tell YOUR GIRL IS PREGNANT!
So, now that the cat is out of the bag...I guess I can finally start talking about all the things I've been through in the last 3+ months.
Pregnancy in itself is a blessing, you're bringing new life into this world, starting a family, entering into a new chapter in your life...blah blah blah all the pretty storybook shit right?
Right!
But what they DON'T TELL YOUR ASS is all that comes along with that beautiful bundle of joy baking in your oven. But i'll tell y'all and you know I keeps it all the way real! So for my ladies who are looking to become mom's, for those in their first few weeks, for the nosy folks that just wanna know what happens and for mama's that want a laugh with a little trip down memory lane I'm gonna walk your thought what you can expect and whats been going down over here!
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