# @ellietsmart on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc6T_kOTK4l
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70168065-ellietsmart-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f434f0fdf1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-05T16:02:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ELLIE SMART DOROS (@ellietsmart) — https://gondola.cc/ellietsmart

## Caption

ATTEMPTING MY HARDEST DIVE 👀‼️🥳 Real talk… I had no idea how fast I’d be able to come back after having my daughter. I never put a timeline on it. I just promised myself I wasn’t going to give up. My goal was to get all my dives off again.

Let me be clear — this is not me telling postpartum moms to do more. It’s me saying our bodies are stronger than we give them credit for, and we’re capable of more than we could have ever imagined. My body has trained my whole life for these very specific skills, and I feel so fortunate that they came back to me when they did but it was NOT easy and there is still SO MUCH more work to do. 

I’ve had a lot of people tell me I’m rushing. That I should take it easy. Don’t I want to come back better than ever instead of just coming back and being “okay”?

Here’s the thing. High diving has never been about being the best in the world for me. It’s always been about being MY best. And right now, coming back and doing my dives is my best. So is being a mom. I’ve never done these dives as a mom before — this is me pushing my own impossible. We can wait to be “ready” our whole lives and never start. 

I’m grateful for the support system that made this possible, and proud of myself for pushing through my own impossible to see what was on the other side of it.

Honestly, everything from now on is the cherry on top. ❤️🍒

#pushyourimpossible #postpartum #newmom #diving #momlife

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## Tags

diving, momlife, postpartum, pushyourimpossible, newmom

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