Erin2 loved being pregnant, but birth completely derailed everything.
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No, and that’s the crazy part. So when I was pregnancy I felt great. Like I loved being pregnant. I felt very womanly. I felt like very feminine. I loved the way my body was like making this life. Like I felt great, and I felt prepared, I felt ready and then the hormones dump after just like completely derailed everything that I was feeling tired to. And that’s kind of like when it started to go a little sideways yeah.
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