My Post Baby Body is hotter than yours!

This is what Tiwa Savage had to say to Mercy Johnson who gave birth a month ago

"@mercyjohnsonokojie post baby body on fleek e no easy o. Shoutout to all the mummies taking acre of their beautiful babies and still working on their body, its easy to let the pressure get to you especially as we dey see these our abroad celebrities getting their bodies back after 2 hours of labor lol some people are blessed that way. Every mallam with em kettle. You've just gone through a miraculous process, take it one step at a time and enjoy bonding with your baby. Your body will bounce back, you are BEAUTIFUL"

In recent times, this craze of "snapping back to shape" after childbirth has hit the society like a hurricane. A lot of times, we see people document their weight loss after childbirth to let you know how authentic their journey is. The rat race to get back the belly and the body has been on for some time now. People, instead of celebrating a woman who just accomplished a humongous feat, look at her closely to see if she added weight or if her stomach is still "looking pregnant". people go as far as criticizing these women. And so many nursing mothers have done some questionable things to follow this trend.

Pregnancy is not easy (ask anyone) Labor is not a walk in  the park (don't even get me started on that!) and taking care of a new born is craaaazy!!!! We women have a lot of things on our shoulders, a lot of people depending on us, a lot of responsibilities. Why do we add to all of these with the craze to get back our pre-pregnancy bodies??? i have seen women who starve themselves, breast feeding mothers ooo. They dont eat or eat very little just so they don't add weight. They choose to give their little angels less nutrition than she deserves just to tell the world "i am a hot mama". You see babies suck and get agitated because the milk supply is low because mummy chose not to eat! OR women who introduce formulas earlier than they actually want to just so they can starve themselves without the guilt of starving the baby. Ah ah! Where is our sense of priority? When did all these even start? Who did this to us?

The pressure is real! Everybody can't be like this na

A lot of people hide behind their computers, laptops and phones to pronounce judgement on nursing mothers. After Mercy Johnson had her 2nd baby, she didnt lose the baby fat fast enough for online trolls who seized every opportunity to 'yab' her at how fat she had become. Now that she has lost the weight, i saw a comment where someone was saying that she lost it too fast and that she looks 'sunken'! Can you ever please everyone? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

This our generation are experts at creating and unleashing unnecessary pressure on ourselves. Instead of enjoying the beauty of the miracle God just used you to accomplish, you are on social media torturing yourself with pictures of post baby bodies that you wish you will have. Every one is different - with different body types and metabolisms. Please accept that.

And who even decided that slim is more beautiful that big? Or that slim people are more healthy and fitter. I am slim but i know a few bigger people who can outrun me any day, anytime. Who are probably waaay fitter than i am. "Slim" doesn't translate to "Fit".

Celebrities don't make it easy too. Always showing off their bodies a few minutes after they step out of labor room, to tell us how super human they are. And that's why i sincerely thank Tiwa Savage for taking the time to let us know that they, celebrities, also struggle. That they are human and feel the pressure too, like all us regular people. Tiwa Savage said it all "YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL"

Just eat right, as best you can. Try to do some exercise on a regular basis. Look good. Wear size and body appropriate clothes and carry yourself well. Leave the competition to those in a contest. You shouldn't be in that contest with them. Be your own person, in your own lane. And if anyone tells you "You are too fat, are you the first person to give birth"? Tell them to do a mail to God who gave you the body type and the metabolism!
Shikena!

Mothers rock to infinity and back - no matter the body type they have!!!