08/15/2026
One of my sweet patients gifted the girls these adorable blue outfits, and somehow my twins are already 3ยฝ months old. ๐ฅน๐ฉต๐
Becoming a mom again after 11 years has reminded me of something we donโt talk about enough: ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ข ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ข.
It can take up to TWO years for your body and hormones to return back to normal.
Your hormones are still adjusting all over the place with highs and lows. Hair shedding may just be starting. Weight gain. Stretch marks. Acne. Brain fog. Depression/Anxiety. Stress. Your body can feel completely different. Sleep is...
wait, what's sleep? ๐๐ฅด๐ฅฑ
And if youโre breastfeeding or pumping, your body is still doing an incredible amount of work every single day, add prolactin to the list of hormones going through your body.
Thereโs so much focus on those first 6 weeks after having a baby, but recovery doesnโt magically end there. It's so crucial to give yourself, and your body, a little grace and love. Recognize that it just did a miraculous thing by making a little human over 9 months and bringing them into this world. ๐
And just a little reminder that behind Batavia Wellness, Iโm not only a provider and business owner, Iโm also a very busy mom of four and a wife, currently navigating postpartum life myself. The sleepless nights, the hormones, the mental load, the breastfeeding, the pumping, diaper changes and everything else multiplied by 2!
And then add trying to figure out what's for dinner! ๐ฅด
Trying to take care of yourself while taking care of everyone elseโฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ. I see you and empathize what us mothers go through ๐ซถ
Itโs also one of the reasons I love taking care of women through all the different seasons of their lives. ๐ค
And thank you again to my sweet patient for spoiling my girls with the cutest matching outfits. ๐ฉต๐ฉต
