(1) happy (2) happy (3) not so happy. - I remember texting my mom after that family photo session (which, in hindsight, was perfectly lovely) and being SO upset with my postpartum appearance. How was I ever going to feel and look like myself again? - At 38 weeks pregnant I was cute and curvy and wore heels and a dress to my OB appointment because I felt awesome about the way that I looked. - At 6 weeks postpartum...oof. My brain should have just been consumed with supporting a new human. But it was busy telling me all these horrible things about myself. - I'm not myself anymore. I don't look like me anymore. I'm not doing a good job of bouncing back. I should be eating this and doing that. What if I stay like this forever? - Forever is a really long time. And 6 weeks is NOT very long at all. You have to give yourself GRACE in the in between. And I'm not saying you have to be happy with what you see at the time. But you have to find a way to believe that you're doing an amazing job, and...