Feelin' myself.
I've been on the listening end of many women who have been frustrated as their "identity" has slipped away after getting married and having kids. Similarly to losing their "body" after a baby. I'll leave identity for another time and focus on body today. I have never fully appreciated my body except for maybe a few glorious months before I got pregnant and was fueling it with goodness and seeing the benefits on the outside. It still wasn't society's definition of a good body, I'm sure - but I felt great. Like many, I watched my belly grow in pregnancy and sort of stood awestruck. Growing a person has definitely been one of the most important, soul shattering experiences of my small life so far. 10/10, highly recommend. Recovering from a C-Section, breastfeeding, etc... all have played a part in the fact that I gained 65lbs and haven't lost any of them. Every layer of my need to feel like "myself" again was hidden under physic...