Ways Your Body Can Change After Childbirth

Collaborative Post¦ Pregnancy changes your body in many ways, and many of these changes are still seen after childbirth. Giving birth also brings its own unique changes that can persist for several weeks or longer, and you may find that your body doesn’t fully return to how it was before. It’s important to be aware of what can happen to your body after pregnancy and childbirth, so if you’re planning to start a family, then here are some of the main ways your body can change after having a baby.

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Finding out baby’s gender: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

TRIGGER WARNING: Miscarriage¦ Not long after I became pregnant with Autumn in early 2016, I found that some people have VERY strong opinions on everything to do with children. And not just their own children, they like to tell you what you should be doing with yours too. One of my earliest experiences of this was during a discussion about whether I was going to find out Autumn’s gender or not…

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The changes your skin goes through during and after pregnancy

Collaborative Post¦ Pregnancy brings many changes to your body, and this included changes to your skin. So, while you may have ‘that pregnancy glow’, there are some other changes that your skin goes through. Some of these changes are well known, such as stretch marks, but others might come as more of a surprise if you don’t know about them beforehand. For this reason, I’ve put this article together to hopefully shed some light on these changes and hopefully help any readers who may not be aware of them.

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The mum guilt of having a second child in a pandemic

The 4th trimester is a time of adjustment for both mum and baby. Particularly in the earliest days and weeks after Reuben’s arrival, sleep deprivation set in and hormones were flying all over the place. As such, it was probably no wonder that I had more ‘mum guilt’ than ever…and still have too much 3 months in. As parents, so much is expected of us. Yet, the greater problem is probably that we expect so much of ourselves.

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