When a baby is born, people are very excited. There are showers full of gifts, visits from friends and family, meal trains to provide for the weeks following birth, and in general a lot of support for the new parents. However, after the first month is over, the excitement dies down, the visiting relatives go […]
Thoughts on the Last Post
The responses to my last post made me think a lot about what I experienced nine or ten months ago. The truth is I actually wrote the majority of that post last March or April. I wrote it when I was much closer to the drama than I am now. I wrote it when I […]
Realistic Beauty
Though I try to be grateful that my weigh continues to drop (at least I think it is, I don’t have a scale to actually confirm this), I can’t help but be frustrated over the fact that I do not know how to dress my postpartum body. Beginning with the top, my arms are a […]
Accepting the Fat
I feel fat. I have never had a weight issue in my life. If anything I was too skinny in high school. Now I find myself 20 pounds over my normal weight, perhaps 30 over what I would like to be, and it feels awful. Friends and family reassure me that I look great […]