3 Months Postpartum!

I still cant believe i had a baby 3 months ago! I love being a mum I am so blessed to have such an amazing daughter. I'm not gonna lie it has been harder than id thought it would be with the lack of sleep, but now that shes in a good routine I have more time and i can enjoy it more. It's been hard to find time to exercise and keep fit but i joined a mummy tone class in Mount Wolseley. I go once a week so at the moment that's enough for me as I'm so unfit and i don't have time.

Pre-pregnancy weight: 10 stone.
40 weeks pregnant weight: 13 stone.
3 months postpartum weight: 10 stone 13lbs.

                                6 Weeks postpartum                                            12 Weeks postpartum
                                        12 stone                                                            10 stone 13lbs


I didn't realise id lost 29lbs till now so I'm proud of loosing that much already. I still want to lose the last 13lbs but I'm finding it harder now to get rid of the last bit. My main area i want to lose it off is my belly its still wobbly and not toned at all!

Stretch marks!

One thing i got really bad when i was pregnant was stretch marks :( I literally got them everywhere, my belly, legs, sides and boobs! They are only starting to fade a small bit now so I'm doubling up on the bio oil to try to get rid of them.

Breastfeeding V's Formula!

I was originally breast feeding Sofia but she found it very hard to latch and got really distressed so it wasn't worth it. So i pumped the milk and gave her 3 bottles of formula and 3 breast milk a day at the start. At 3 weeks i got a bad blood infection, abscesses and blocked milk ducts so I ended up in hospital for a week and had to get an aspiration which was extremely painful! As i was on strong antibiotics I was told I couldn't express the milk anymore and now I have bad scar tissue so il never be able to breastfeed again. To be honest i don't think i would again after what happened and she is thriving on the formula.

Baby Blues!

This was something I struggled with because after you have a baby your supposed to feel happy all the time, but after I had Sofia I felt very sad a lot of the time and upset and I got worried that I was starting to get postnatal depression. When I talked to my health nurse she told me it was normal and its just your hormones adjusting and it went away after about a week. I think it was just overwhelming and exhausting the first week and I felt I couldn't do much after having the episiotomy done I was in a lot of pain. I would say to anyone feeling like that don't feel ashamed to tell anyone it doesn't mean you don't love your baby, it's something out of your control. Go for a walk and get out of the house, get someone to watch the baby and have a break and don't be afraid to ask for help!

Baby Wearing!

One thing me and Sofia are loving right now is baby wearing. I got a baby carrier as a gift before I had her and now she can support her head I love using it. She's always been more content being held and upright, she will usually fall asleep in it or just look around at everything. They are great for being able to get things done and also be close to your baby :)