Confession time

So all, I've have a confession.  Today I broke lent. I bought a dress. I bought it for the following reasons...

• I am going to a party in a couple of weeks and want to dress up a bit
• I tried on the pre pregnancy dresses I own that I wanted to wear and they don't fit (yet!)
• I tried on the dress I own that does fit and I looked like a sack of potatoes
• I want to feel good about myself when I go out for the evening

Therefore a new challenge was set: finding a dress that doesn't make me look like a sack of potatoes and that I feel good wearing. Shouldn't be too tricky right?!

I couldn't bear the thought of trawling the high street with a buggy (shopping with babies is too much faff for my liking) so I opted for a nice quick online shop. 3 hours later and I have found a dress that MIGHT, just might look ok.

I think the main problem was knowing how to shop for my post pregnancy body. Now I have never had a model figure but before having O, I knew what styles suited my body and could pretty confidently pick a dress that would suit me (in my opinion anyway!). Now however I have got no clue! I knew that having a baby would change my body but I was not prepared for how much! All of a sudden it's like everything has got bigger. Bigger stomach (pretty obvious really), bigger bum, bigger thighs, bigger boobs, bigger back, bigger arms, even bigger fingers! I don't know how to dress for this body other than cover as much as possible so that I don't scare people with my post caesarian gut! I don't know about other mums but I feel torn about this new figure. On one hand I know it's flippin' amazing. It grew another person and had survived the trauma of said person coming out (and it really was a trauma). It's a miracle how much my body has achieved and yet I look at my body and all I see are the stretch marks, the scars and the bigger bits and I don't feel good about it at all. I know my body will continue to change as I lose the baby weight and get a bit fitter but throughout the journey I want to feel like I look ok.

So I broke lent. I bought a dress. I hope it fits. I hope I don't look like a sack of potatoes.