5 Months Postpartum:
- I still have quite the pregnancy pooch.
Reality-
I’m sick and effing tired of the pregnancy pooch! Walking is just not cutting
it.
- My hair is falling out strand-by-strand, minute-by-minute.
Reality-
I’m going to be cutting my hair in half! Oliver has a strand wrapped around him
at all times.
- My knees and back are constantly aching.
Reality- I
think I am carrying about 15 extra pounds still or 3 dress sizes bigger than
before baby. My knees will tell you possibly a little more.
- I still think I stink! Like I am still oozing pregnancy hormones and gunk.
Reality-I’m
showering sometimes twice a day and am still stinky and sweaty.
- Since I am still nursing, my hormones are still WAY out of whack.
Reality-
I’m kinda bitchy sometimes. "Sometimes" becomes a lot
when I don’t sleep well. And I still have teenage acne!
- I’m ravenous with a raging sweet tooth.
Reality-I
still have the “I can have whatever I want” pregnancy mentality when it comes
to food. I can rationalize every
bite that goes into my mouth! So bad…
- I love being a mom so freaking much!
Reality- It
is the true meaning of life!
This is my last "postpartum observations," because I am no
longer "postpartum." I am a mom who delivered 5 months ago. I’ve been dragging
that “postpartum” term around as a crutch to hold up my baby weight and poor
eating choices. I’m dropping that postpartum mentality so I can get on with
it! I am a mom, a very blessed and
proud mom, who has 15 pounds to loose, an attitude that needs to be adjusted, a
mouth that needs to stop being filled with naughty goodies, I have joints that
need to desperately be exercised and a mane of hair that needs to be tamed
before it strangles my son.
I positively Love Love Love being a
mom! It's time to shed the memories of pregnancy. I'm moving forward with my son and not looking back to blame my pregnancy anymore. I am holding myself accountable now for all of the things I have been blaming on being Postpartum. Tomorrow is a brand new day.
