Pregnancy can throw even the most confident woman for a loop. Hair starts growing in weird places, youre stuck wearing granny pants with elastic waistbands, and you wonder if your body will ever feel like your own again.
Jenna Jameson knows the feeling all too well-and she just opened up about it in a new Instagram post.
"I was just going through my images and I came across these beautiful pregnancy pics we took in Palm Springs," she captioned a "before" photo of herself (while pregnant) poolside in a bikini alongside an "after" photo of herself now. "I was 38 weeks pregnant and felt like a truck. But Ive never felt more beautiful than when I was with child."
View this post on Instagram I was just going through my images and I came across these beautiful pregnancy pics we took in Palm Springs. I was 38 weeks pregnant and felt like a truck. But Ive never felt more beautiful than when I was with child. I remember feeling so frightened for when my daughter was born and I couldnt blame being heavy on the pregnancy. Ugh. I prayed for breastfeeding to give me an easy way out. It didnt. I was scared my belly would sag down and never tighten. It sounds vain. But I think every mama on earth silently worries. Yes we love our babies and we would do it over again in a second, but we sacrifice so much! This after picture shows that we can do it! We can regain ourselves. We can do it without surgery (not that Im against surgery) So to all of you sweet pregnant mamas out there or you newly postpartum mamas... I see you. #motherhood #beforeandafter #postpartum #postpartumweightloss #mombod #selflove A post shared by Jenna Jameson (@jennacantlose) on Jan 24, 2019 at 2:41pm PST
Jenna said she remembers feeling "so frightened" to think about what would happen after her daughter was born: "I couldnt blame being heavy on the pregnancy," she said. And as for her attempts at weight loss after pregnancy? "I prayed for breastfeeding to give me an easy way out. It didnt. I was scared my belly would sag down and never tighten."
Jenna acknowledges that it "sounds vain" but says she thinks every mom silently worries about this. "Yes we love our babies and we would do it over again in a second, but we sacrifice so much!" she continued. "This after picture shows that we can do it!"
Jenna eventually lost 80 pounds on the keto diet-and she talks about her journey often. She shares things like what she eats on a daily basis (eggs with cheese and avocado for breakfast, arugula salad with meat for lunch, and nuts or cottage cheese for a snack) and her Trader Joes shopping list .
Jenna stressed in her latest post that postpartum weight loss can be a challenge, but shes living proof that it can happen. "We can regain ourselves," she wrote. "We can do it without surgery (not that Im against surgery). So to all of you sweet pregnant mamas out there or you newly postpartum mamas... I see you."
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