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Emily Skye shares honest post about getting her 'body back' after giving birth

This is so refreshing. - by Lauren Williamson
  • 27 Dec 2017

Fitness star Emily Skye recently gave birth to her first child, but unlike some in the spotlight she’s not pressuring herself to “bounce back” to her pre-baby physique.

The 32-year-old shared an Instagram image of herself five days postpartum, revealing that she barely recognises herself when she looks in the mirror and detailing the significant toll the pregnancy has had on her body.

'I currently live in what you could call 'granny undies', it hurts to do much with the stitches from my episiotomy, and feeding is extremely painful - I had no idea it would be this bad! My back is still really sore and when I walk around it literally feels like my insides are going to fall out. I also had diastasis recti [abdominal separation] that was 3 finger widths apart the day after giving birth.'

She says that her pregnancy didn’t go the way she thought it would – instead of regularly exercising throughout the trainer was hampered by debilitating back pain.

'I ended up gaining over 21kg during my pregnancy in fat, fluid, baby, placenta etc.'

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So happy to finally meet my gorgeous girl Mia Elise Redmond born on Dec 18th at 11:53am weighing 7lb 7oz (3.5kg). . @recdedmond & I having constant love explosions!! 😍💖 . .

And while so many people have told her that she would 'bounce right back' like many other super fit women, that hasn’t been her experience.

'It’s only 5 days after I gave birth to Mia and I look about 6 or so months pregnant. I can tell I’m going to have a LOT of hard work ahead of me to get fit and strong again which I KNOW I can do but it’s not my priority right now - spending this time with my daughter is. Getting my 'body back' can take a back seat for the time being… I’ll get there in a realistic time frame and I refuse to put pressure on myself to get there.'

That's a message all new mums need to hear.

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I barely recognise myself when I look in the mirror! . I'm far from a "glam mum" HAHA! 😂 - I currently live in what you could call "granny undies", it hurts to do much with the stitches from my episiotomy, and feeding is extremely painful - I had no idea it would be this bad! 😫 My back is still really sore and when I walk around it literally feels like my insides are going to fall out. 🙈 I also had diastasis recti that was 3 finger widths apart the day after giving birth. . My pregnancy was not how I thought it would be, I thought I'd be exercising regularly the whole way through but that did not happen as I was sick a lot of the time and had back pain that made it hard to just walk around the house. I ended up gaining over 21kg during my pregnancy in fat, fluid, baby, placenta etc. . So many people told me I would "bounce right back" after giving birth like a lot of other fit women do. - Well that's definitely not the case for me! It's only 5 days after I gave birth to Mia and I look about 6 or so months pregnant. I can tell I'm going to have a LOT of hard work ahead of me to get fit and strong again which I KNOW I can do but it's not my priority right now - spending this time with my daughter is. Getting my "body back" can take a back seat for the time being... I'll get there in a realistic time frame & I refuse to put pressure on myself to get there. . I am SO blessed and beyond happy to bring home my baby girl Mia today. I feel completely content. I look at her and start crying because of the overwhelming love I have for her and I love my body SO much for growing this precious little person. 😊🙌🏼💗 . . #5dayspostpartum #mumlife #bodypositive #blessed .

This article originally appeared on Women's Health Australia. 

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