Getting Real And Personal
So I kind of wondered if this would fall under one of those “TMI” posts….
But then I thought, it could possibly be seriously funny. And no doubt there are other ladies/mommas out there who have had this very same struggle. {Sorry, men. But no doubt that some of you husbands will totally understand this too, if you want to keep reading. But totally up to you. I understand if you stop right here! :)}
The struggle is real, y’all. And I’m getting real and pretty personal with you right here. Right now.
The post-baby body.
Either some of you are super ecstatic about it, or some of you totally dread it.
I’m on the fence.
I mean, I lost my weight and a little more. Positive!!
But then, I’ve experienced this thing where I need all new tops. And my dresses look um, baggy,…up top. Errrrr?
You catch what I’m throwing out here?
Sad day in the fitting room…or closet for that matter.
So I took my dresses to a nearby tailor and had him check them, er, me, out.
I had 3 dresses that were pinned up like this…
Let me just tell you how my confidence was bursting out of every pore of my being….
Especially when Nick, my tailor man {originally from Portugal} says to me in his sweet accent: “Dis! Dis is VERY baggy up here!!”
HA!
Yes, yes, I know this. Thank you for stating the very obvious.
One dress, that I didn’t take pictures of, made me feel like Madonna when she wore those outrageous cones…yeah, remember that? I felt that way in one particular dress and desperately wanted that fixed, like, yesterday.
So then, I’ve waited almost two weeks to get them back.
And today I picked them up and tried on all three and they are gorgeous. They’re all lovely and fitted. And I feel like a GIRL again.
Don’t look at my hair. I had a friend take this picture….and apparently I was having a VERY bad hair day and didn’t even know it…and I think I seriously need a bump-it!
That’s all. I hope you thoroughly enjoyed this post and are feeling extremely confident about yourself right now because you’ve seen all of my flaws!!! 🙂
HAPPY FRIDAY FRIENDS!
I’m NOT excited for my boobs to deflate when I wean my son. This is a GREAT reminder, though, that it definitely is a good thing to have clothes that fit!!! <3 You look great!
Susannah, this comment was HILARIOUS to me…mainly because I know the truth!! Girl, I know….
And thank you – it helps to know a really good tailor! 🙂
I love this! I’m currently a month postpartum so I definitely haven’t lost all the baby weight, but I can already tell what you’re talking about. Especially when I stop nursing…. 😉 bring on the pins, I’m afraid.
Olivia
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Olivia, I have no doubt that you are gorgeous in your postpartum state!! If you do experience what I have…just find yourself a good tailor and call it what it is! 🙂
Congrats on your sweet little bundle of LOVE!
Love this post! Just hung a dress back on the rack today that I LOVED because it was too big up there. 🙂 I may need the name of your tailor!
Marlee – it’s Nick in the Vista! 🙂 He is SO>GREAT!!! I have several friends that go to him so I bit the bullet {he’s a little expensive} and went. He really did a fantastic job. He considered the true structure of the dress before he put a signle pin anywhere…and then he went to town! 🙂