Daphne Oz on the Importance of Publicly Sharing Postpartum Photos: 'You Don't Have to Hide'

As a role model for working mothers,Daphne Ozcontinues to give tips and tricks for all things parenthood, including keeping an open conversation aboutsharing postpartum photoswith the public.

“The conversation I’m trying to have is making it okay for women to realize that if you don’t bounce back [it’s okay]. Some people do jump back — some people genuinely are back in their old clothes in a minute, and I am so jealous,” said Oz, who welcomed daughterDomenica Celineon Dec. 4.

“I want to make it okay for women who don’t have that experience to not feel like they failed somehow and to stillbe proud of their body,” the mother of three adds.

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Daphne Oz and daughter Domenica Celine in January

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Adds the mother of three (she and husband John Jovanovic also share son Jovan Jr., 2½, and daughter Philomena Bijou, 4), “At the same time, [I’m] a woman, so I care that my clothes don’t fit. I care that I don’t feel strong in my skin.”

“I want toshare my tips and tricksthat I’m using that have been successful for me of trying to get back to feeling strong in my skin and feel like I look good in my clothes,” she says. “I want people to know that you don’t have to hide until you feel like you’re in that place.”

source: people.com