They say that since it takes nine months for your body to create a baby, you should give it nine months to recover from the pregnancy and birth. ❤️ It’s almost been nine months now since my second baby Noah was born, and so I thought it timely to look back on my postpartum journey Read More
Tag: bodyimage
Why I started the Kayla Itsines BBG programme
A month ago I wrote that I was happy with my recovery from pregnancy and giving birth. I also wrote that I had lost the baby weight without going on a diet or following an exercise plan and that I was happy to just wing it and take mum & baby classes when I could Read More
Mum body three months after baby
It’s been three months since my last day of pregnancy and I thought now is a good time to look back and recap how I’ve physically recovered from the process of creating new life. Although I enjoyed my pregnancy, towards the end of it I started looking forward to getting my body back to myself. I Read More
The pregnant body and weight gain
Before falling pregnant I always wondered (and then dreamt) about how I would look like with a baby bump. Despite the inevitable weight gain, I honestly could not wait to have a bump to parade around! But how big would I get? Would my bump be high, low, spread over to the sides or point Read More
Bump inferiority complex
I believe most women go through some sort of body image issues or insecurities at some stage in their lives, unfortunately (if you haven’t, good for you!). I know I have! Especially the major physical changes we go through during our teen years, pregnancy and when ageing can trigger some negative feelings about ourselves… Being Read More
14 weeks – How are we feeling?
So far, I’m loving the second trimester!! <3 In addition to physically feeling better than during the first trimester, I can finally be openly happy about our pregnancy having told our friends and colleagues about it. I don’t enjoy keeping secrets, especially not something as huge as this! Imagine meeting a friend for the first Read More
Maternity shopping…
On my 12th week of pregnancy I gave up – I need more belly friendly clothes! My business wardrobe consists primarily of fitted dresses, pencil skirts and jackets. Dresses would now barely zip up thanks to my belly and boobs, and sitting down for 12 hours in a pencil skirt would probably be a health hazard Read More
Hello anyone there??
I am 10 weeks pregnant and feeling great! Maybe too great?? Nausea is gone and fatigue is not as bad. That’s a good thing, or is it? Pregnancy symptoms made me feel pregnant. Not having all the symptoms made me think something is not right… While I won’t really know until our 12-week scan, I Read More
Saying goodbye to my body as I know it
New year, new fitness goals – am I right!? Usually I take a new “before picture” of myself after holidays and at the beginning of the year and set myself new fitness goals to get back on track and motivated during the dark cold months (usually motivation comes more naturally the closer to summer we Read More