I'm going to be honest with you. I thought I knew what to expect after giving birth. I was wrong. Nobody — not the books, not the doctors, not even my mother — prepared me for what actually happens to your body in those first weeks. So here's what I wish someone had sat next to me and said: 🌿 That "still pregnant" feeling is real — your uterus takes 6 full weeks to shrink back 🌿 The emotional crash after birth isn't weakness — your hormones drop so fast it literally mimics withdrawal 🌿 Your bones gave their calcium to your baby during pregnancy — you are built from what you gave 🌿 Your brain physically changes shape after becoming a mother — to make you more attuned to your baby than you've ever been to anyone This is not your body failing you. This is not something to "bounce back" from. This is the most extraordinary thing a human body can do. And you — yes YOU — did that. 🌱 I'm sharing everything I'm learning and experiencing here — the science, the reality, the messy middle of it. Because you deserve to know what's actually happening inside you. And you deserve to feel less alone in it. 💚 👇 Tell me — what do YOU wish someone had told you after birth? Or if you're not a mother yet — what surprises you most about this? This is a safe space. Share anything. 🌿