All of this. I took my time to go out, physically I just couldn’t walk (episiotomy in 3 places and then stitched
) I LOVED being home, the cuddles, I have so many photos of us all. Babies change so fast and you can see each day how she’d changed. They lose the newborn look so fast. I don’t have any photos of my body, it just wasn’t important to me how I looked. I was so happy and me and my husband enjoyed our baby bubble.
I just feel sad for these people who put so much pressure on themselves to be out and about, like nothing happened. They will regret it. I guess it isn’t like Lauren actually lives with Ella’s dad and they’re in a happy bubble of love. I guess when you depend so heavily on internet strangers giving you compliments, your whole life is fake and set up for the gram, getting dressed up like that for a walk is normal to her. She’ll realise one day how foolish and pathetic she’s been.
To any new mums reading this, you just grew and gave birth to your baby. Take the time to know your baby, rest and recover and enjoy it. It goes so fast. It took me a good 9-12 months to start to feel like my body had recovered. Literally nobody cares about “snapping back”. It’s a dated and ridiculous mentality.