When Sheila gave birth to her daughter, she imagined a season of softness, bonding, healing and allowing her body the grace it deserved.
But just weeks later, as the congratulations faded, a new kind of pressure emerged, the unspoken expectation to look like she'd never been pregnant at all. "It started with subtle comments," she recalls. "A friend said, 'You'll bounce back, right?' Then someone on Instagram asked if I was expecting again.
I'd just had the baby two months prior." For Sheila, whose partner is a public figure with a sizeable online following, the scrutiny wasn't just external. "He'd repost my old videos, me in crop tops, gym fits.
It was subtle, maybe unintentional, but it stung.
