Our society puts plenty of strange, difficult, and downright unfair expectations on pregnant folks and new moms.
When you’re in the spotlight, this pressure is especially intense.
It’s not easy to exist in a postpartum body when your life is constantly under a microscope.
It was Kardashian’s fourth pregnancy, and she had some wisdom to share this time around.
The pressure put on us to bounce back when everything is new and different isn’t realistic."
This wouldn’t be the first time that Kardashian spoke out about her new feelings toward her appearance.
She said that Travis' support made her accept how she looks after giving birth.
“I’m so into my thicker body…
It’s just channeling that queen energy and embracing the woman that I am.”
She explained, “I put pressure on myself to lose all the baby weight in three months…
Looking back, that was crazy.”
This time around, Beyonce said, “I approached things very differently.”
According to the star, “I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth to Rumi and Sir.
I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month.”
During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier.
I accepted what my body wanted to be.
After six months, I started preparing for Coachella…
But I was patient with myself and enjoyed my fuller curves."
“I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it.
In 2023, the star posteda video on Instagramshowing off her postpartum curves.
The caption read, “Hips?
NEVER HAD EM'!
Never had em'!
I can afford meal prep.”
For most people, having our bodies look a certain way doesn’t directly affect our jobs.
You figure it out the way you could.
PerBuzzfeed, Lively posted a photo of herself on “Fallon” in January of that year.
Why, you ask?
“Because no one had samples that fit me after giving birth.
And so many clothes from stores didn’t fit either.
It’s alienating and confusing.
And I wish I felt as confident then as I do now.”
Yet, Lively said that “instead of feeling proud, I felt insecure.
Simply because I didn’t fit into clothes.
How silly is that in retrospect?”
“It takes three years for your body to fully recover from a pregnancy,” she said.
“I didn’t snap back.
I want to be very, very clear about that,” the star explained.
“With my second, it took every minute of those three years.
And it’s cool.
Let your body be a body.”
In Hathaway’s opinion, staying present after giving birth is key.
“There’s nowhere to get to,” she said.
“It’s just now.
Just be present and take care of yourself and don’t set expectations.”
Hathaway reminded her followers that bodies are supposed to change.
“It’s all love (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.)”
