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"You know how in TV shows, a pregnant woman has her baby and is suddenly back to her original size and shape the moment she steps out of the hospital? Not real life&amp;amp;#8212;not for most women. Not even for a princess! The lovely Kate Middleton was totally radiant as she left the hospital yesterday, cradling the new prince: glow-y skin, gorgeous locks, and a 100 percent-totally-absolutely-normal-little pooch poking underneath her dress. Minutes after your baby is born, your uterus starts contracting, trying to get down to its pre-baby shape&amp;amp;#8212;but it takes about four weeks for it to shrink from the size of a basketball (there was a baby in there, after all!) back down to the size of an orange and settle down into your pelvis again. And even after it does that, you still might look a little pregnant, because your ab muscles have been stretching over the course of nine months and need some time and TLC to get back to where they once were. So, even though you lose about 12 pounds right after having the baby&amp;amp;#8212;the baby itself, a pound of placenta, a few pounds of blood and amniotic fluid&amp;amp;#8212;your body is in no way, shape, or form expected to magically look like it did the day before you got pregnant. And you know what? You probably won&amp;#x27;t even care. You may have some pain and discomfort, for one thing, and the flow of &amp;quot;love hormone&amp;quot; oxytocin that floods your brain after your baby&amp;#x27;s birth helps with that&amp;amp;#8212;you can see its effects on Kate&amp;#x27;s pretty face! Besides, you&amp;#x27;ve got a lot of other things to think about now instead of the fact you&amp;#x27;re still wearing your pregnancy jeans for a little while longer. Like, a lot. Any moms who have been there and done that want to chime in? How did you feel just after having your baby? Photo: Splash News "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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