A Long Way To Go

Have you ever really questioned this whole idea of “bouncing back” after birth? I mean, *really* questioned it?

Because you cannot undo becoming a mother. You cannot pretend your body has not carried, birthed, fed, held, lifted, rocked, recovered and kept going.

You cannot neatly return to who you were before, as if nothing has happened to your body, your emotions, your mind, your relationships or your sense of self.

And yet so many women feel pressure to look, feel, work, exercise and cope as though motherhood has barely touched them. It's wild!

In Episode #6 of A Long Way To Go, therapist Gemma Capocci explores why the pressure to “bounce back” can be so damaging, and why becoming a mother is not something to erase, rush through or recover from as quickly as possible.

Postpartum is not about getting back to the old you. It is about being adequately supported through becoming someone new.

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