My baby is 8 days old today and I'm in that crappy in-between phase. I'm loving her and how incredible she is and really, she's been so much easier than my first dd. However, hormonal changes are wreaking havoc on my skin and general self-image.
For some reason my chin is insanely dry while my nose is an oil well. I've got weird whiteheads on my cheeks and my eyesight got worse over the last few months so I'm wearing my glasses instead of contacts.
Then of course there's the extra tummy skin that sort of lays beside me like an obedient puppy and the wider hips which make it so that even though I'm pre-preg weight, I can't button my normal pre-preg pants. And don't even get me started on the breasts that vacillate in size from hour to hour, ranging in the spectrum of ginormous to totally-unbelievable-how-do-I-even-begin-to-reign-these-suckers-in. I just feel totally unattractive and I hate those images of women who are about a half-hour post-partum sitting in the moonlight nursing their babies wearing a wispy, flowing negligee, size two.
The thing is that I worked out through my whole pregnancy and did really well as far as healthy weight gain. I know this will get better especially once I can work out again. It's just this awful in-between. I just want to feel like myself again. *stomping foot like obnoxious two-year-old*
Anyway, I know I'm just being whiny but does anyone else feel like this?
For some reason my chin is insanely dry while my nose is an oil well. I've got weird whiteheads on my cheeks and my eyesight got worse over the last few months so I'm wearing my glasses instead of contacts.
Then of course there's the extra tummy skin that sort of lays beside me like an obedient puppy and the wider hips which make it so that even though I'm pre-preg weight, I can't button my normal pre-preg pants. And don't even get me started on the breasts that vacillate in size from hour to hour, ranging in the spectrum of ginormous to totally-unbelievable-how-do-I-even-begin-to-reign-these-suckers-in. I just feel totally unattractive and I hate those images of women who are about a half-hour post-partum sitting in the moonlight nursing their babies wearing a wispy, flowing negligee, size two.
The thing is that I worked out through my whole pregnancy and did really well as far as healthy weight gain. I know this will get better especially once I can work out again. It's just this awful in-between. I just want to feel like myself again. *stomping foot like obnoxious two-year-old*
Anyway, I know I'm just being whiny but does anyone else feel like this?
It's okay, we've all been there. I'm a full 20 lbs lighter than I was pre-preg, and you would think I would need to size down in all my pre-preg pants, but no such luck, yet.
