Post Baby Body 0-3 Months

Jude is just past the 3 month mark so I thought I would do a post focusing on my post baby body (tummy).

Although it's pointing out the obvious (and is easier said than done), try never compare yourself to other mums as pregnancy, gaining and loosing baby weight has it's different challenges depending on each individual and how many pregnancies you have had. We all have our own insecurities after childbirth and whilst it may not be weight that personally bothers me, my fitness, muscle tone (specifically the ASS area!) and over all health is something I need to work on in order to feel like 'me' again.

To date I have done 3 workouts, one at around 4 weeks (not recommended) when I was itching to get active again, This workout lasted 45 minutes and of course was a complete fail. Attempting this a month after giving birth was never going to end well! The other two were 5 minute express workouts comprising of 5 different exercises, lasting 60 seconds each. These faired a lot better but to be honest I have had no motivation to keep up a consistent workout routine.

On the diet front, well there has been no diet, not unless we are talking about everything that is NOT good for you. Hot chocolates (my craving after the pregnancy), hot cross buns and biscuits have been my weakness in recent months, despite my best intentions of eating super healthy as I am breastfeeding and wanted to provide myself and the baby with nutritious foods. Don't get me wrong, I have concocted some home made soups and gone for healthier alternatives such as wholemeal over white pasta, bread and rice, however my diet is nothing I am proud of at the moment. This is something I plan to tackle in the New Year to get myself fit and healthy for myself and my children.

DISCLAIMER: These pictures do not show me 'letting it all hang out' (You know what I'm talking about). These were taken with me using what stomach muscles I had left after childbirth!  

And that moves me nicely onto my

TOP TIP: Hold in your stomach in for short periods of time (to begin with) as this helps re-train your muscles. Pick something you do regularly to act as a reminder to work that tummy. Doing the dishes prompted me to engage my stomach muscles through out the day. 

Here is my progress:

24 HOURS POST BABY

1 WEEK POST BABY

2 WEEKS POST BABY

1 MONTH POST BABY

3 MONTH POST BABY BODY

Lou xxx

Pregnancy Diaries: Catch Up Weeks 12 &13

Week 12

My appetite has improved slightly this week and my main cravings are still red grapes along with Mc Donald's cheese burgers as the latest addition. At this point, as I am not able to eat much, I will eat what ever my body is able to handle even if it may not be the healthiest thing.
We had our scan this week which was surreal. I think the combination of me not having a bump so far and the reality of having a third child not hitting home yet meant that it has't felt real so getting to see the baby up on screen made it all come to life. As the first scan is a dating one,  I was desperately hoping to find out that I would at least be as far along as I had thought and not behind, just so the sickness would be over sooner rather than later. It turns out that I gained a day and was bang on 12 weeks so I was over the moon. After finding about that everything looked as it should at this point, my husband and I have decided that we will keep the news to ourselves just a little longer.

Here is a picture of baby :)

Week 13

Well the secret didn't last very long! Two days after the scan a couple of people had guessed, due to me being so sick. We were worried that the kids might hear our news from someone else, we wanted to be able to tell them ourselves and see the look on their faces. So we sat down as I showed them the scan and told them it was a picture of the baby in mummies tummy.

Naima was so happy and Camron asked if we would be having any more after that, the answer was a firm no, haha. Since then I have been bombarded with questions from them and get nightly kisses on the tummy for baby which is sweet.

My mum was surprised given that in previous pregnancies, she had been told almost as soon as I found out however was happy that I was further along as she wont have to wait as long for baby to appear. It has definitely been a relief to be able to tell people who have been asking if I'm all right but at the same time we are not broadcasting the news just yet until we have had the 20 week scan, which is when more health issues can be picked up. I am officially in the second trimester now so let the weeks roll in on quickly from now on.

xxx