Carrie Underwood is the definition of a superstar. She’s come a long way from her American Idol days and has had a successful career with chart-topping hits.
Behind the scenes, Carrie has become a mom to two adorable boys.
Carrie prefers to keep her family life fairly private, rarely talking about super intimate family moments.
However, she recently opened up about postpartum life in a very honest and relatable way with a new Instagram photo.
Carrie Underwood and her husband, Mike Fisher, are parents to their four-year-old son, Isaiah.
If you follow Carrie and Mike on Instagram, they post lots of adorable updates about this curious little guy.
Last August, Carrie announced that the family was expecting a new addition.
While Carrie was excited over the news, it was an emotional announcement as well. She revealed that she had suffered three miscarriages in two years before becoming pregnant with this baby.
The miscarriages were difficult for Carrie and her family to go through but she found strength in her faith.
“In the beginning, it was like, ‘Okay, God, we know this is, just wasn’t Your timing. And that is all right. We will bounce back and figure our way through it,'” she said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning .
However, the family’s rainbow baby made its debut in January 2019.
The family welcomed a new baby boy named Jacob Bryan Fisher. “Our hearts are full, our eyes are tired and our lives are forever changed. Life is good…” Carrie wrote in an Instagram post.
Little Isaiah was so excited to become a big brother.
This sweet pic captures their first meeting and you can just tell that they are going to be BFFs for life.
After the birth of her first son, Carrie returned to her regular workout routine, usually bringing Isaiah along with her.
Yes, stroller bootcamp is a thing and Carrie is rocking this baby-friendly workout.
Carrie posts lots of fitness updates and even has her own athletic line called CALIA.
How cool (and cute) is that??
But in a new Instagram post, Carrie got real about “bouncing back” and accepting her postpartum body after giving birth to her second son.
“I’m going to be honest, ‘bouncing back’ after having Jacob has been much more difficult than after I had Isaiah and I’ve been pretty hard on myself lately,” she wrote in the caption.
She also expressed frustration at not being as physically fit as she was before her pregnancy.
Carrie ended her post with a promise to be kinder to her body and celebrate what it can do.
Carrie also believes in moderation and not feeling guilty about enjoying the foods you eat!
“I promise to stop analyzing every angle and every curve and every pound and every meal,” she said .
This message hit home for a lot of moms out there.
Learning to love your postpartum body is one of the most difficult challenges of becoming a mom, even for celebrities. It’s important that Carrie shared this message with other moms out there.
Besides moms, this is also an inspiring reminder for all women.
Women still feel pressured to diet and scrutinize their bodies. We all need to make a promise to our own bodies, just like Carrie did with hers.
Thank you for your honesty, Carrie! I think this important message really resonated with a lot of new moms.
We all need to be a little easier on ourselves!
