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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, it's possible. I went out to dinner with my husband for our anniversary about 6 weeks after giving birth and remember feeling pretty gorgeous, especially because breastfeeding gave me substantial cleavage in a dress that in normal times I don't exactly overflow.

Agree with suggestions to do your hair, get dressed, and put on makeup if that's your thing. This is also a good way to delineate between daytime and nighttime during those months when you are on an endless 3-hour cycle of feeding and sleeping with the baby.

But in the end, I think it was more important for me to feel human than to feel pretty. Feeling pretty helped, but what helped more was reading, talking to friends about non-baby stuff, seeing a therapist, and spending bits of time on work (even though I was on leave -- it genuinely helped me to use my brain a bit and feel productive). This was much more important.

Plus, as a new mom you will get a pass on your appearance for a while. No one will expect you to try at all, and when you do, they will lavish you with praise. This gets harder when your kid is older and more active, and you realize you have to wear clothes you can chase a toddler in, or can always sit down on the ground in. I found that stage much more challenging in terms of feeling sexy or pretty, because having young kids is such a "mom" stage. But the early days, when you've still got some of the pregnancy curves and your boobs are huge (if you breastfeed) and people kind of dote on you? Not that bad, honestly.[/quote]

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