Pregnancy is without a doubt life-changing and body-changing… No pregnancy is the same (learning this time around for sure!).
Women constantly have this pressure to be super skinny and “perfect”. The media obsesses over people like the Kardashians and Beyonce, their waists, their behinds… their everything! Not to mention Beyonce’s latest Grammy performance was a little too…. (You’ll see if you google it). One article I read said she was so proud of her post-baby body and her sensuality… she wanted to…
Anyway…
My friend Hillary and I went to college together. We were in the African American Chorale Ensemble together under the direction of Dr. James E. Mumford and we were just good friends. She helped me organize my big HIV/AIDS Benefit Concert I had in 2006, and she is an amazing woman , which is something I’ll say about the women in my life (why else would they be there…) Hillary recently became a doula! Not to mention she has an amazing singing voice!
Plus! She had a baby over the summer!
I could go on… but I think you get the picture!
Hillary recently participated in the 4th Trimester Bodies Project. That’s her with son Holden above!
The project is about embracing your post-baby body. The good news is that they are going to be setting up shop in New York between March 27-30th.
What are your post-baby body stories? Are you happy? Wanting a change? Breastfeeding? Not Breastfeeding? How do you let your body define or not define who you are?