{"id":83843,"date":"2016-07-08T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=83843"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:54:15","slug":"post-birth-facebook-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/post-birth-facebook-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"This Mom Isn&#8217;t Afraid to Show the Messy Side of Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Post-birth recovery is no easy feat.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/08\/viral-motherhood-photo\/#XbrlXrDwzSqs\" target=\"_blank\">one\u00a0North Carolina mom<\/a>\u00a0isn&#8217;t afraid to embrace it. Amanda Bacon\u00a0shared a Facebook photo of herself on Wednesday\u00a0in the hospital room after giving birth. In the photo, she is topless and sporting\u00a0an adult diaper.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I&#8217;m sharing this picture because it&#8217;s real. This is motherhood; it&#8217;s raw, stunning, messy, and freaking hilarious all rolled into one. Having a baby is a beautiful experience, and the realities of postpartum life aren&#8217;t spoken enough about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"810\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbaconam%2Fposts%2F10101599736936556&amp;width=500\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAmanda\u00a0also discusses how\u00a0some people might be uncomfortable with the photo but they definitely shouldn&#8217;t be. She explains that &#8220;we all should try and educate, empower and embrace every aspect of childbirth, including moments like this. And do it while having a sense of humor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t agree more.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Post-birth recovery is no easy feat. And one\u00a0North Carolina mom\u00a0isn't afraid to embrace it. Amanda ...","author":422344,"featured_media":83848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/08102850\/13592282_10101599736906616_4481504955773398241_n-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/08102850\/13592282_10101599736906616_4481504955773398241_n.jpg","formated_date":"July 8, 2016","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Monica Chang","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#e29024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/422344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}