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Mercedes “MJ” Javidis getting candid about the realities of the postpartum period.
TheShahs of Sunsetstar — who welcomed her first child, sonShams Francisover 10 months ago — sat down withPage Sixfor a segment called “Mom Truths” recently and talked about how her body has changed since becoming a parent.
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“You will probably have some leakage. You willprobably never have a clean shirtagain,” Javid admitted. “You will probably always have some hint of stinky spit-up [on you], which sounds like it’s an innocent thing but babies’ breast milk, coming back up … it smells worse than a sewer.”
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Between a cesarean section, “incisions, scars, hormones” and more, “a lot goes down,” explained the reality star.
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Javid and marketing director Feight conceived their son via in vitro fertilization, which she opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about ahead of her son’s birth, following herOctober 2018 pregnancy announcement.
“And then you want to take that love and apply it to other areas and other people and otherthings that you do in life — everything,” Javid said. “So I’m already very grateful to him.”
Shahs of Sunsetairs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
