There\u2019s the magazine cover photo of the new celebrity mom glowing as she looks down at the beautiful, sleeping baby in her arms\u2014and then there\u2019s real life.<\/p>\n
In real life, postpartum mothers are just as likely to be wearing diapers as their babies are<\/a>, and bumps need months to deflate.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s why we\u2019re so grateful for the way celebrities are ditching damaging narratives about postpartum perfection and embracing the messy authenticity of new motherhood. Thanks to these modern mamas, the rest of us are seeing our own experiences reflected in pop culture, and that lets us know we\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s to all the celebrity mamas keeping it real in mesh panties, hospital gowns + girdles (because we\u2019re doing the same).<\/p>\n Amy Schumer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Amy Schumer was straight up about pregnancy during her entire pregnancy.\u00a0<\/a>She let us know when, where and how much she was puking and didn\u2019t sugar coat a thing. And she didn\u2019t let us down when sharing her postpartum experience either.<\/p>\n \u201cMilf alert 1\u2019clock,\u201d she captioned a photo that is the perfect snapshot of postpartum recovery. Someone else is holding her beautiful newborn while Amy is in the hospital bathroom, sitting on the toilet while hooked up to an IV pole. You cannot get more real than that.<\/p>\n Ali Wong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Baby gate in the background, check. Random baby socks on the couch, check. Ali Wong is serving some authentic #momlife in this photo she took while teaching her friend how to pump hands free. Every mom needs a friend like Wong because pumping comes with a learning curve (but it\u2019s nice when it can come with some laughter, too).<\/p>\n Jessica Simson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n After\u00a0Jessica Simpson welcomed her third child, Birdie<\/a>\u00a0she was eager to get back on her feet after having to\u00a0put them up a lot at the end of her pregnancy.<\/a><\/p>\n She posted a picture of herself in jogging gear and captioned it \u201cJust stretching it out in my rubber corset. The joy of postpartum.\u201d<\/p>\n Jess is joking (kind of) but there\u2019s some serious science behind her workout underwear.\u00a0Research suggests that postpartum wraps<\/a>\u00a0(what Jess calls a \u201crubber corset\u201d) can help moms get back on their feet and walk farther after a C-section.<\/p>\n Chrissy\u00a0Teigen\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Chrissy Teigen\u2019s mesh underwear photo is iconic.\u00a0After Miles was born in May 2018<\/a>\u00a0she let the world know that even the queen of Twitter wears disposable panties after having a baby.<\/p>\n Is there anything more real than a mama wearing mesh underwear while walking around topless because she\u2019s constantly breastfeeding a newborn?<\/p>\n Bekah Martinez<\/strong><\/p>\n Bachelor\u00a0<\/em>alum Bekah Martinez also showed love for mesh postpartum panties on Instagram after the\u00a0birth of her daughter in February 2019.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve never felt so much respect and love for my body, diaper and all\u201d, she captioned a selfie shared to her Stories.<\/p>\n Gabrielle Union<\/strong><\/p>\n\n We are used to seeing Gabrille Union looking glam on red carpets but when little Kaavia James came into the world Union learned what so many new moms do: For some of us, showers are the first thing to go. It\u2019s okay to be \u201cgreazzzy\u201d when you\u2019re busy bonding with your little one.<\/p>\n Hilary Duff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Hilary Duff kept it\u00a0real about her home birth<\/a>\u00a0and also about her decision to stop breastfeeding.<\/p>\n \u201cI am a working mom of two. My goal was to get my little girl to six months and then decide if I (and her of course) wanted to keep going. Let me tell you. Pumping at work sucks,\u201d Duff\u00a0wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Breastfeeding and pumping are not easy and Duff was tired of taking fenugreek and \u201csmell[ing] like maple syrup and rubber gloves.\u201d So it was time for her to do what was right for her, and that\u2019s the kind of real-life decision moms have to make every day.<\/p>\n Hilaria \u00a0Baldwin\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Hilaria Baldwin had documented her postpartum experience through bump selfies, proving that even when you are a yoga pro, postpartum fitness is a journey and bumps don\u2019t deflate overnight.<\/p>\n Hunter McGrady<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"image](\"https:\/\/e4ukasriyd3.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-15.png?strip=all&webp=80&avif=70\")