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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks all, OP here. I think I am being hard on myself because I had such an easy time losing the weight with my first and it felt nice to look like myself again after so much else had changed. It’s hard not compare experiences, even though they are different.

Thanks for your advice. I know it hasn’t been much time, but it’s just so hard to walk around in a body that not only isn’t mine anymore (yes to breastfeeding) but also doesn’t even look like me anymore :( [/quote]

One thing I thought about when I had my second - if I didn’t know society had such a pressure to be thin and snap back, would I think my stomach was unacceptable right now? Or would I think it was just how a stomach looks after holding a person for 9+ months?! I decided the latter and that if I didn’t know any better, I’d probably think it was sweet that we have a little reminder of what our body held and did. I also started to think how nice it is that our bodies are their softest during the months when our babies need to sleep on us and be held so much. It really seems meant to be and I’m sad I ever wasted a second thinking otherwise![/quote]

This is a wise and lovely perspective.  I find society’s obsession with the bodies of new moms/“snapping back” to be actually disgusting. [/quote]

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