Before and After!!!

BEFORE: 4 days before baby. AFTER: 2 weeks after baby.

Bump is gone. And a little pooch is in its place! I'm wearing a belly band, so I actually look flatter than what I really am. It is amazing how much your belly can grow and stretch to hold a baby... and then it shrinks back. I know it will take a while before all my poor muscles that were stretched out to go back! 

But I am very amazed how flatter I look already. I don't feel flatter though, it just looks that way.. ha ha. 

It was so weird when I took my first shower after I had Caleb... and I looked down at my belly and Caleb wasn't inside anymore. My stomach was a complete mush of skin.

But I was more excited and happy to be able to hold him in my arms. So amazing to know that his precious self was forming inside of me. His little heartbeat, his hair growing, his personality forming... just simply amazing.

Anyway, I gained 22 pounds throughout my pregnancy. As of yesterday, I am 8 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. I definitely want to get my body in a shape that I feel great in, mostly just toning it... not really losing any more. Next week I'm gonna start off by walking with Caleb, taking it slow at first. My body is being pushed to the limits already with getting so little sleep, so I don't want to add anything stressful that would make it harder to enjoy being a mom.

How else am I feeling physically?

Well healing down there is better. I haven't been brave enough to look with a mirror, and I'm scared to feel if the stitches have dissolved. I feel well enough to go out on walks though. After a week or so of waddling around after giving birth, I can walk normally again. 

I'm just glad to feel normal again. I still can't believe that Caleb was growing inside of me all that time, and now he's here. But I sure am glad he's here :)

Wanting to get fit,

Tiare