Blogger and mother of two Julie Bhosale wanted to drive home the importance of paying attention to how your body feels post childbirth rather than how it looks and used her own body to prove her point. In a series of snapshots that showed how her body recovered over the days and weeks after birth, Julie tried to show that, despite what the media is saying, there is nothing wrong with you if your body doesn't magically bounce back immediately after birth. Julie wrote:
You live in a society that pushes images at you every day of women who have given birth and just "bounced back" — great for them (truly, that is great, Kate Middleton, you are amazing!). But this is such a small minority. For most of us, our bodies change, and change a lot. It is scary, it is hard, it can be downright disgusting and upsetting, but it is real and normal. Although I am a qualified health professional, I am also a mother and my body has also not just "bounced back." We are starting to see a shift in the media and online with more women sharing the often hidden and unspoken realities of childbirth and the effect on your bodies.
