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Lauren Bushnell Laneis brushing off the trolls after welcoming her first child last year.
TheBacheloralum, 31, got candid about her struggles with postpartum body image during a Q&A session Thursday on her Instagram Story, sharing a direct message in which someone said she was “so damn sickly looking.”
“I don’t wanna bring attention to these kind of messages but the reality is I get them. They exist,” she wrote in response.
“I don’t feel like I have to defend myself but sometimes want to esp when it’s already an insecurity and someone hits on it. No matter what I do I cannot gain weight,” the reality star continued. “The only time in the last ten years I’ve been able to is being pregnant or on oral contraceptives. Otherwise it’s just how my body wants to be.”
She went on in a following slide about her body issues and how societal pressures made her believe she might be sick.
“I convinced myself I was sick. I’ve spent so much money on lab work and micronutrient tests because I was convinced that surely I was sick or there was something wrong but everything is great (thank goodness!!)” she continued. “Just a little low in vitamin D.”
“Anyhoo – let’s not comment on women’s bodies PP bc there is so much too [sic] it and also a tremendous amount of emotion that comes along with it all,” she concluded.
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Bushnell Lane and her husbandChris Laneare parents to 7-month-old son Dutton Walker.
In September, she shared herstruggles with postpartum anxiety, writing on Instagram at the time that she was experiencing panic attacks and having a difficult time balancing motherhood and her responsibilities.
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In another slide during her AMA session on Thursday, Bushnell Lane wrote that she’s been feeling “much better” when a user asked for an update on her postpartum anxiety.
“I think it’s a combo of things.. I started Zoloft and it’s been life changing. Dutton has been sleeping better which means more sleep for me which helps a TON,” she wrote. “I have also been organizing my house and decluttering which makes me feel so much more at peace.”
source: people.com
