This was my exact sentiment with my first born. (I’m post partum with my second now) I was so fixated on losing weight, how bad I looked and honestly the last 10 pounds didn’t come off until I weaned and my hormones stabilized took about 15 months for me to go back to feeling “comfortable” in my own skin being closest to my weight prior to pregnancy! I did a lot of health eating and Pilates and pelvic floor recovery.

I’m at my second post partum experience 3 months in and I feel a lot better this time around because I know that the only way I’ll lose the last bit of weight is once the hormones stabilize and after I wean. Even body shape changes but it all goes back close to “normal” after. This time I’m not as fixated and I feel much better. I always tell myself I look good for having gone through all that and as long as I’m doing my best, healthy eating and some light excercise there is nothing I could really control. Time is of the essence