I delivered three weeks ago and everyone keeps asking when I'll be back to 'normal' but I look in the mirror and don't recognize this soft, stretched, leaking version of myself
More people experience this than they realize.
The collision between societal myths of quick recovery and the slow reality of physical transformation challenges one's sense of continuous identity.
“Where Are You with Postpartum physical recovery?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.