Carrie Underwood, who welcomed a second son, Jacob Bryan, on January 21 with her husband Mike Fisher, recently opened up about the pressure to “bounce back” after giving birth. According to reports on EOnline.com,the singer posted a selfie on Instagram and captioned it, “I’m going to be honest, ‘bouncing back’ after having Jacob has been much more difficult than after I had Isaiah and I’ve been pretty hard on myself lately. I go into the gym and I can’t run as fast or as far (sic).”
She added. “I can’t lift as much weight or do as many reps as I could a year ago. I just want to feel like myself again…for my body to feel the way that I know it can. As I was working out today, I realized that for the past 11(ish) months, my body has not belonged to me. It was a perfect home for Jacob. And even now it belongs to him every time he drinks his milk. I promise to stop analyzing every angle and every curve and every pound and every meal. I’m going to keep staying the path because it is a journey and as long as I’m always working towards my goals, one day I’ll reach them (sic).”
The candid post immediately got a positive reaction from the netizens.