Guest Blog Post - Ewa Piotrowicz

How I healed my body and learnt to love through pregnancy.

Pregnancy completely changed my way of thinking about my own body in a way I never thought it would have.

Since I can remember I have always enjoyed body movement. There wasn't a fitness class, I didn't try.
As I grew up, I learnt more about my body and it's limits, year by year I was jumping on another level of my fitness abilities. My workout routine was paired up with 'clean eating' approach. I was proudly owning a six pack and was extremely lean, living my dream a healthy looking body, completely focused on my exercise regime and nutrition. I took part in many challenges, most of them I was successfully winning but I was never good enough, continually experimenting with every possible diet you could think of, constantly putting my body through experiments, challeges and I thought it was interesting, it was fine.

It wasn't fine at all. It was too much for my body to handle which I eventually found out after coming off my birth control pills. Half a year later, there were still no signs of my period. My blood test showed hardly any signs of female hormones and I faced the fact that at the age of 33 my 'perfect body' was in a stage of menopause. My reproductive system was completely shut down due to many stressors put on my body (stress from exercise, stress from not enough energy input to support my exercise routine). I have been diagnosed with Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea followed by Osteopenia in my lower spine with no chance to become a mum in these circumstances.

I was still within a healthy weight range which made my journey much harder to cope with, especially around the comments of others about how healthy and well I looked.

Unfortunately there was not enough body fat in my system for the hormones to secrete (13%)

I started a long, difficult journey to heal my body through kindness and adequate nourishment. I was recommended by the doctor to eat more and move less. That aproach, was the complete opposite of what I have been conditioned to for many years. Recovering time from HA was extremely hard, painful and required me to completely change everything I believed in regards health and fitness.

After two, long years and a stone heavier, I managed to heal my body with very little pharmacological help, reversed all damage and miraculously fell pregnant within my first ovulation. When I look back today I don't really want to remember how hard the journey was. I want to focus on how strong I became and how my beliefs changed for the better.

I feel so greatful that my body trusted me again and went so far.

My body was able to create a life which wasn't possible before whilst in 'perfect' shape and fitness regime. First time ever I truly fell in love in my own body, I loved every bit of it, enjoyed myself growing. I was completely amazed how incredible our female bodies are. We are a masterpiece, a complete perfection, to be able to create life and support it through feeding, it's just still beyond me.

When my son was born I kept loving my body even more. I didn't rush it to bounce back where it was before, in fact I took my focus completely away, I didn't follow any diet. I learnt to tune myself with my body and started to truly eat intuitively, move the way that made me feel good for the first time ever and I have never looked back since.

My experience shaped my way of thinking in regards to overall health and exercise, they have became a core of everything I do and promote regularly with Nordic Walkers, Pram Walking mums and on my wellness blog.
I have never shared my story officially before, but this amazing, positive mum platform inspired me and gave me the courage to share my very emotional, vulnerable journey to love my body.

Hypothalamic Amenorrhea conditions it's still not talked enough about. Absence of menstrual cycle is a sign that the female body is not functioning as it should. Having periods it's an important indication that our female bodies are healthy.

It would upset me to think that somewhere there are another women who don't love their bodies, treating them with a heavy dose of exercise and a rigid meal plan.

And if they are? What would I say? If I may?

Love your body now, treat it with respect and kind messages, fully enjoy the movement you are putting your body through and nourish it well by intuitive eating. Just let it go, it will be so worth it.

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