Bad Body Blues

So much for the baby blues, I call them the bad body blues!  LOL!  I was looking back at "old" pictures, from pre-pregnancy and I honestly wish I never complained before!  I highly recommend not looking at old pictures until you have lost your weight.  I know, I know, I just had a baby 3 months ago and yada yada yada.  But, it so hard being in this in between stage.  I don't want to buy new clothes, because I am determined to get back down to where I was pre-pregnancy.  It makes it even harder when my job requires that I wear professional attire.  I have resulted to Spanx :) When I was at home on maternity leave, it was so great, I basically wore PJ's all day and did not have to worry about seeing my muffin top.  I know that I will eventually get back to where I was, I just wish it would be tomorrow:)  Oh, by the way, do NOT try on a bathing suit when you still have weight to lose and have those lovely squiggly things called stretch marks, just trust me on this one.  Speaking of those squiggly things: those Palmer's commercials on TV that swear that if you rub on cocoa butter, you will look like the model on TV, do NOT believe them.  Number 1, I am not a model and number 2, that B*ITCH isn't even pregnant! I honestly had $70 stretch mark cream that I got from Pea in the Pod (I got it for free, because I spent a small fortune) and that crap did not even work.  Moral of the story, do not waste your money because I lathered up every morning and night for my entire pregnancy and still got those cute little lines.  I hate to say this but, if your momma had them, you will probably get them too.  Another thing, I did not gain any weight for the first 17 weeks of my pregnancy and then BAM, I gained everything in my last 2 trimesters.  Gaining weight quickly makes those little boogers rear their nasty head.  However, I was lucky, I did not have them on my stomach, I just had them on my sides.  But, after Blake was born (literally like the next day) I developed them on my stomach.  It is from the skin being so tight and then being loose.  But, I would take a million stretch marks to have my baby girl :)  They are so worth it and your husband/significant other will think you are even more beautiful because of the amazing gift you just gave him.  *Mine have started to fade though, so I am optimistic :)

Another bad body blue, your boobs.  Those will never be the same.  End of story.

Third, hemorrhoids...need I say more?!  And fourth, my hair has started to thin and become more oily.  Perfect.

Dear God, please give me my body back :)  AMEN!  No, seriously, I mean it.

PS, the good news is, all of these bad body blues will go away, or so my Doctor has told me.  There is a light at the end of that tunnel!  My Dr. told me that it takes about 3 period cycles for things to be back to "normal," after you are finished breastfeeding.  She told me that the weight will come off easier after those 3 cycles.  We will see Doc...