It's so crazy that we're only just starting to acknowledge what postpartum life is really like for new moms and we owe a lot of that to the rise in popularity of social media.
How come movies and TV shows never show new moms recovering or resting after giving birth? Or wearing mesh underwear while sporting a jelly belly?
Thankfully, these photos from real moms taken hours after they gave birth are shedding light on the real postpartum experience.