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The postpartum narrative once centered on how quickly someone could return to their pre-pregnancy body. Today, attitudes are shifting toward embracing and celebrating the postpartum body as it is. “Women do not have to love their postpartum bodies, but give themselves patience and grace as they adapt to their new normal,” said Brandi Fields, CNM, a certified nurse-midwife at OB Hospitalists of Ohio, part of Pediatrix® Medical Group. One way to celebrate your postpartum body is with a photo shoot. Fields found this to be an invaluable experience for herself after each of her babies were born. “My photographer, a mom herself, captured very candid moments of my family’s interactions – big sister helping with diapers, breastfeeding – and it emphasized not only what my body did, but what my body is doing...caring for my children,” she said. “I cherish looking at those photos, even though I may not have felt entirely comfortable in the body I was in at the time.”
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