Postpartum isn't just physical it's personal

Postpartum doesn’t just change your body.
It changes you.
Your emotions feel closer to the surface.
Your patience feels thinner.
Your identity feels unfamiliar.
You’re healing while learning how to love someone more than yourself and that’s a lot for one heart to carry 🤍

This isn’t weakness.
This is transition.
This is becoming. 
Focusing on you isn't selfish, its necessary. 

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