15/05/2026
Friday thoughts đź’:
Trying to keep it real as there’s too many people in the fitness industry sharing their highlight reel.
Becoming a mum has humbled me in so many ways and I want to use this space to share my feelings in the hope this will resinate with other people navigating postpartum.
✨ My body has completely changed and I’m stuck cycling a few outfits that are comfy but easily accessible for feeding. I can’t find clothes that fit because my upper body has increased in size (no longer part of the itty bitty t*tty committee anymore!). Trousers don’t fit because I’m petite but still have a bump/ my lower half has changed shape.
✨ I have completely lost who I am at the moment. From being a super organised and sometimes obsessive person over my schedule I am now at the mercy of a tiny person demanding b*ob like it’s going out of fashion.
✨I didn’t anticipate how hard breastfeeding would be. I simply thought your milk came in and that was that. I didn’t prepare it being a new skill to learn - for the both of us! I also didn’t anticipate being in and out of hospital due to Sam not making weight and multiple midwives and drs having completely different opinions and different feeding plans which changed on a day to day basis.
✨Not being able to be as active as I used to is tough and as much as I feel ready to get back into fitness I physically can’t until I’ve been signed off from my Dr due to my c section. (It’s so important to be practical and strategical on this to avoid complications). This is an incredibly hard skill to master as I’ve been so used to pushing my body past its limits when I was bodybuilding.
✨The days go by so slowly yet so quickly and it’s important to take every day as it comes and stay in the present where possible. Another skill I’m learning.
