LIfe After Childbirth

Life after childbirth is nothing like life before. By the time you go into labor, you are so ready to be un-pregnant that you could care less about anything that happens to you or your body after baby comes out because you are too busy thinking that nothing could be worse than carrying around a full-term baby inside of your body.

Now, five months later, let me tell you, I long for the pre-pregnancy days. The most obvious complaint is the belly that never goes away no matter what, even while breastfeeding. I know I don't have too much room to complain here, as some women gain a lot of weight while pregnant. I gained the usual thirty and lost it again easily after having my baby but my middle-self, that place where my belly button resides, just seems as though it will never be... the same. I now rock a fluffy and pillowy bulge where my stomach used to be and while that may be nice for baby's comfy naps with mommy, I could do without.