Another Mom under fire for post baby selfie.

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  • Bernadette60614
    Bernadette60614 Posts: 707 Member
    Then, let's have those moms...single, married, divorced, whatever...tell us about how they achieved or maintained their fitness.

    There are lines, and there are boundaries. The boundaries are wide enough to include women like this blogger, and women who have regular lives. I'd love to see more of those regular women posting their stories.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    So you're saying that there's a dearth of "regular" women telling their stories?

    Yeeeeeeaaaah....
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    Then, let's have those moms...single, married, divorced, whatever...tell us about how they achieved or maintained their fitness.

    There are lines, and there are boundaries. The boundaries are wide enough to include women like this blogger, and women who have regular lives. I'd love to see more of those regular women posting their stories.
    Why no look in the success stories section of this very board? Many fit mothers in there.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    Meh! Woman is thin/fit/average/overweight/obese. Has child & looks the same after having said child... Omg! stop the press :yawn:
  • purplepink1992
    purplepink1992 Posts: 273
    This women is a fitness blogger. It is her 'job' to stay fit (so to speak). So still being fit 3 day PP I wouldn't say is a shocker to me. If my body was this rockin 3 days later I would do the same. Just because you become a mom, or JUST had a baby doesn't mean you can't do your hair&makeup, and want to feel even better about yourself. The confidence on her face gets me more than the flat stomach. Anyone of any size can have that confidence. Motherhood shouldn't be a competition.
  • 4themoney
    4themoney Posts: 797 Member
    i didn't read the million of other posts, but i spent enough time in maternity, L and D, nursery and the NICU and one fact you cant' really dispute is that the uterus takes time to go back down behind the pelvis. at 4 days it might be half way there, but it's still UP. UNLESS her abs are sewn together and physically cannot separate during pregnancy. then you might not see any bulge from the uterus still up in her abdomen..........

    4weeks, this is possible. 4months definitely, but 4 days. she'd have to have a very special uterus :-)

    Immediately postpartum, the uterine fundus is palpable at or near the level of the maternal umbilicus. Thereafter, most of the reduction in size and weight occurs in the first 2 weeks, at which time the uterus has shrunk enough to return to the true pelvis. Over the next several weeks, the uterus slowly returns to its nonpregnant state, although the overall uterine size remains larger than prior to gestation.

    just speaking from a medical stand point :-)
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    i didn't read the million of other posts, but i spent enough time in maternity, L and D, nursery and the NICU and one fact you cant' really dispute is that the uterus takes time to go back down behind the pelvis. at 4 days it might be half way there, but it's still UP. UNLESS her abs are sewn together and physically cannot separate during pregnancy. then you might not see any bulge from the uterus still up in her abdomen..........

    4weeks, this is possible. 4months definitely, but 4 days. she'd have to have a very special uterus :-)

    Immediately postpartum, the uterine fundus is palpable at or near the level of the maternal umbilicus. Thereafter, most of the reduction in size and weight occurs in the first 2 weeks, at which time the uterus has shrunk enough to return to the true pelvis. Over the next several weeks, the uterus slowly returns to its nonpregnant state, although the overall uterine size remains larger than prior to gestation.

    just speaking from a medical stand point :-)

    That's what I was thinking. I thought it was reasonable, but people got surprisingly upset by the questions. Ok, I found the instagram. So far it's not laid out in a way that is giving me a clear picture of the whole situation, but I'll look through it for a little bit.

    When I was pregnant the second time, I went onto bed rest at around 32 weeks (after being ambulanced to the hospital and staying there for 4 days). I didn't see my friends from that point on, until a few weeks after the baby was born (at home). Life is like that sometimes. Birth is a private event. So, I was not accusing anyone of a conspiracy. It was all within what is reasonable to my understanding. Most people have no clue how far along you are or what is going on with your pregnancy and birth. And they aren't there at the exact moment you take personal photos. But, I guess there are photo dates and all that.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    It's good that she and her baby are healthy. But, I don't think people should make this their goal because it's not going to be healthy for all babies (looking at her pregnancy photos). You don't need to be that slender to bounce back from pregnancy. There is nothing wrong with having a little bit of fat that you use during breastfeeding anyway. We express concern for young women, and I think it is reasonable to also express concern for young pregnant women as well. The baby will mostly (hopefully) be able to draw what it needs from the mother's body, even drawing calcium from her bones, but the mother can experience the health consequences later.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    i didn't read the million of other posts, but i spent enough time in maternity, L and D, nursery and the NICU and one fact you cant' really dispute is that the uterus takes time to go back down behind the pelvis. at 4 days it might be half way there, but it's still UP. UNLESS her abs are sewn together and physically cannot separate during pregnancy. then you might not see any bulge from the uterus still up in her abdomen..........

    4weeks, this is possible. 4months definitely, but 4 days. she'd have to have a very special uterus :-)

    Immediately postpartum, the uterine fundus is palpable at or near the level of the maternal umbilicus. Thereafter, most of the reduction in size and weight occurs in the first 2 weeks, at which time the uterus has shrunk enough to return to the true pelvis. Over the next several weeks, the uterus slowly returns to its nonpregnant state, although the overall uterine size remains larger than prior to gestation.

    just speaking from a medical stand point :-)

    Take a look at her 9 month pregnancy pictures. Most other women have a bump that size at 3-4 months. Obviously it possible. Not common at all, but possible.

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