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Caption: TW: Miscarriage and child loss • • • I knew that after child birth my body would change and that I would have to work hard to lose the baby weight, but no one … more TW: Miscarriage and child loss • • • I knew that after child birth my body would change and that I would have to work hard to lose the baby weight, but no one ever talked to me about the patience I would need for my body post miscarriage. Women handle D&Cs or natural miscarriages differently. Some woman are back to their normal routine within a few days, others a few weeks. For me it was a few months. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I did my best to exercise lightly, but any form of physical activity would give me extreme anxiety that I was harming my babies (which is far from the truth, but nonetheless, I felt tremendous guilt). My husband and I decided that it would be best for me to wait until the end of my first trimester to begin exercising again, since it has always been an important part of my routine. Unfortunately, when I was days away from my 12th week of pregnancy we found out my babies had been in heaven for a few weeks already. Though the babies had been passed for a few weeks, my body continued producing hormones to prepare my body for 9 months of pregnancy. Recovering from the D&C felt like an eternity to me despite it going smoothly. My hormones were and continue to be crazy. It took almost two months for my pregnancy tests to come out negative and over two months for the bleeding to subside. I kept in contact with my doctors every week and every week I was told to be patient and hold off on many of my day in day out activities including lifts I do I work and exercise among other things. About three weeks ago I was finally cleared to resume normal activity, and when I looked in the mirror realized I looked a little different. A little squishier in areas I don’t prefer and with a puffier face. It had been 4 months since I took a recess from exercising 4 to 6 days a week. We all go through phases in life where we may look more fit, and other faces where we just have to give ourselves grace and start working on ourselves again. All the cellulite and acne are the lingering memories of holding my babies in me, and if it takes a bit to leave, so be it, this body and mind have been through quite the year ❤️🩹. #fertility#pcosw#womanm#miscarriages#strong less
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