Carrie Underwood: My body is completely different than it was a few months ago
Last night’s ACM Awards marked Carrie Underwood’s return to performing just two and a half months after having her second baby, son Jacob. She’s been back in the gym of course and has been frustrated that she’s not seeing results sooner and can’t do as much as she could before she got pregnant. We know because she posted about it to Instagram. Last night she told ET’s Nancy O’Dell hat she’s in an adjustment period after having her baby.
My body is completely different than when it was a few months ago, and it’s always weird, kind of, to come back and [ask] … do I still have it? Can I still sing?” Underwood said. “Because I had an obstruction in this area for nine months, and now it’s gone. And it’s an adjustment period and it’s on the early side of me.”
“It’s the ACMs, I had to come. I wanted to perform,” she added.
As for baby boy Jacob, Underwood revealed that the little guy has “just started laughing, which is the sweetest sound in the whole world.”
“It’s getting bigger and bigger and he’s just making laughing noises and it’s like, ‘Was that a laugh?'” she said. “And now it’s getting more and more. And he’s such a smiley baby, and so was my other son. They’re special when they’re smiley.”
I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a performer and to have to be “on” and get back in shape so soon after having a baby. That’s insane to me. I was lucky to be a stay at home mom for my son’s early years until I started this site. I didn’t even go to a meeting until five months postpartum and I remember feeling so different and not like myself.
So I’ll give Carrie a pass on this Nicolas Jebran black and silver sequin one arm dress. The top is decent and I like the lines of beading. The bottom is a ridiculous split skirt with a privacy panel down the front. That’s just a weak design feature. She did change into a better dress, an ombre blue chiffon Tadashi Shoji, for her performance.
Carrie performed with Chrissy Metz last night, they did the song “I’m Standing With You” along with Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton, and Maddie & Tae. JustJared has a clip from that performance, which is from Chrissy’s upcoming Christian drama film Breakthrough, out April 17th. It’s based on a true story of a teenager in Missouri who was revived after a near-drowning in an icy lake. His mother credits faith and prayer for his recovery. That’s right up Carrie’s alley. No shade intended, it is!
Also Carrie posted to Instagram about pumping for her baby ahead of the ACMs. That’s what I mean about returning to work so soon it’s got to be rough when you’re a performer.
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