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Alyssa Milanoembraces her changing body.
The 48-year-oldSorry Not Sorryauthor talks about motherhood on PEOPLE’sMe Becoming Mompodcast, sharing why she’s grown to be proud of the scar left from her cesarean section. Milano shares sonMilo Thomas, 10, and daughterElizabella Dylan, 7, with husband David Bugliari.
Elsewhere in theMe Becoming Momconversation with host Zoë Ruderman, Head of Digital at PEOPLE, Milano recalls why giving birth the first timebrought up flashbacks of being sexually assaulted.
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Milano says she had postpartum anxiety and depression, and through therapy, she learned more about her experience.
“After going through therapy after giving birth to Milo and remembering that one moment of feeling like I was being held down and had things being done to me that I didn’t want, to me, was veryreminiscent of being sexually assaulted,” she says. “It triggered all of these memories that I thought I had dealt with. I think anyone who has dealt with trauma has the moments where you’re like, ‘Yeah, I’m fine. I’ve dealt with that.’ Versus the moments where you go, ‘Oh, no I didn’t. I just tried to tuck it away so no one could see them or I couldn’t see them or feel them anymore.’ "
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“That’s what it felt like for me,” adds Milano. “I gotta think that because it felt that way for me, it must’ve felt that way for other women. I wonder how much of my postpartum anxiety was due to — of course, hormones and all of the things — but also that feeling that felt like I wasn’t in control, you know?”
Back in 2016, Milano echoed that sheloves her c-section scar"because it’s where my babies came from.” She said toTodayat the time, “Be kind to yourself, and remember what your body is put on this earth to do, which is nurture, feed, take care of a child. Everything else is sort of irrelevant.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
