✨9 months in vs 9 months out ✨ My postpartum journey w/ Rowan has taught me SO much - here are a few lessons I’ve learned. (LOLing at the fact that Scarlett wanted to be in the pic with her baby, which she named Baby Jesus 😂) . 1️⃣ THROW OUT THE RULE BOOK. I did all the reading/researching on pregnancy, labor & delivery, newborn care etc & then my baby decided he didn’t want to live by the book. We rocked him to sleep, fed him to sleep, baby wore all the time to stop him from crying, he didn’t nap on schedule, formula fed due to multiple food allergies. Just bc one way works for the majority, does not mean it will work for you & IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. Listen to your intuition & your own individual baby. 2️⃣ REACH OUT FOR HELP. If I hadn’t been honest with my family, friends, & therapist about how hard I was struggling postpartum, I think I could have easily fallen into postpartum depression/anxiety (& often wondered if I had). My people being able to support and love on me unconditionally during a really hard season truly helped save my sanity. 3️⃣ THROW OUT THE SCALE. Seriously, not weighing myself was the best thing I did for myself during pregnancy/early postpartum. I was able to really tune in to my body’s needs and fuel it well not based on trying to lose weight tor the number on the scale. My food choices were made based on what made me feel good, energized, & happy not based on what could get me back to pre pregnancy weight. 4️⃣FOCUS ON REST/RECOVERY BEFORE THE ‘BOUNCE BACK’: Allow your body to heal, allow yourself to sleep when you can, and allow yourself a slow and gentle return to exercise. Give yourself so much grace 5️⃣BUY CLOTHES THAT FIT NOW, PUT AWAY CLOTHES THAT DON’T. This helped so much with my body image postpartum. I wasn’t constantly trying to squeeze into pre pregnancy clothes & in fact, most of my pre pregnancy pants/shorts still don’t fit. AND THAT’S FINE! My whole world changed with this baby so it makes sense my body would too. 🤍 . . #mypostpartumjourney #postpartumjourney #postpartumlife #momlife #9monthsin9monthsout #ninemonths #jillwhitefitness #postpartumfitnessjourney #eatingdisorderecovery