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NOT ONLY DID ROSALIE MAE DICAPRIO TURN THREE WEEKS AND THREE days postpartum, but she also turned twenty-seven years old today. after giving birth, most people would think it's a walk in the park. needless to say, rosalie was not prepared for what her body and mind would go through in the minutes, hours, days, and weeks after her daughter arrived. truth be told, rosalie didn't feel like herself, she just felt gross, exhausted, and felt like she got hit by a truck

after giving birth, three days later she was able to go home. she knew that her body wouldn't snap back like it was before, but she couldn't help but stare at herself in the mirror and see a tired mom with bags under her eyes, no makeup, and clothes with spit on them. she felt like her body was destroyed after having a her daughter. it was really hard for her to even feel beautiful and living in a world where women are expected to always look their best did not help at all. the minute she got home, with jensen's help her body was now in a waist trainer. her doctor told her it was fine, only to stop using it if she was in pain. seeing at how desperate she was to have her stomach go back to the way it was her mother would constantly tell her "rosalie, take a breather. you just gave birth, you just had a baby" she also advice her to not use the waist trainer at night, to let her body rest at night. then in the morning she could put it back on and to not take it off until the night

esme dicaprio, rosalie's mother has actually been coming over to help out the newly parents and to make sure rosalie has been following the forty days quarantine rules. according to esme, the forty day quarantine is the forty days she is supposed to be taking care of herself after having her baby. the best way esme explained it to rosalie was that after giving birth you have forty pores open and every single day, one is closing. at first rosalie thought esme was crazy, but that all changed when esme told her all these crazy stories that happened to her cousin, aunts, or her mom's friends. rosalie, not wanting to risk anything, chose to listen to her mother. all mother know best right? she thought to herself

so for the forty days, rosalie is supposed to cover herself from head to toe. so leaving the hospital, esme made sure to cover rosalie's ears, feet, chest, literally everywhere so no air would enter her pores, because it could cause swelling, facial stroke or facial paralysis. esme also told rosalie to not leave her house unless it was for doctor appointments, if she had to leave she would have to cover herself from head to toe. she also could not get near the fridge nor the stove, seeing as she was breastfeeding, her milk could dry up. at that point, rosalie was arguing with her mom on how that was a myth, but esme argued that it was pure facts

so for the first few days, esme and donna would come over to cook for the newly parents. rosalie was also supposed to watch what she ate. she was also told to not sweep nor mop, it was best for her not to bend heavily, stand up to heavily, to not do any force. most important to let her body rest, seeing as she gave birth to a whole human. so, here she was twenty-four days postpartum, and laying in bed, just waiting for her daughter to wake up at her usual time...seven-thirty in the morning