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Your postpartum timeline

Written by: Sarah Granger

You’ve had the baby ... now what? Here’s what to expect the first six weeks of your life as Mom.

Tips for surviving the first weeks

Written by: Lacey Major

Here at P&N, we’re as supportive of the moms who live in sweatpants for three months as those who hit the gym as soon as the doctor gives the green light. Either way, you’re going to go through a period when you just feel a little blah. To relieve postpartum frumpiness, try these tips and tricks.

Rock your body

Written by: Jeanie Dizon Britton

Not feeling bootylicious after the birth of your baby? Pictures of celebrities in bikinis weeks after giving birth might be enough to make you swear off tabloids—or at least ice cream—forever, but don’t let it get you down.

How to love or lose those last 10 pounds

Written by: Sarah Granger

In most cases, all the extra weight doesn’t just fall off after pregnancy—a lot of moms are stuck with an extra 10 pounds that refuse to go quietly.

5 steps to lose the baby weight

Written by: Lissa Harnish Poirot

Five ways to drop the postpartum pounds.

3 practical ways to get the postpartum help you need

Written by: Lacey Major

Everybody offers to help you when you’ve got a new baby, but how do you take them up on it? We clue you in on how to survive the first weeks with a little help from your friends and family.