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Jodie Turner-Smith Rejects Pressure to 'Snap Back' After Giving Birth


Jodie Turner-Smith weighed in on the expectation that mothers need to be 'fully healed and recovered' weeks after giving birth

Jodie Turner-SmithEric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Universal PicturesTurner-Smith, 37, took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday, April 23, to share a video, which read, “Whoever normalized women being ‘fully healed and recovered’ by six weeks postpartum … lied.” Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith.Mike Marsland/WireImage“They had their issues, as many couples do — especially two busy actors who are also juggling a child,” the insider shared about Turner-Smith’s “decision” to call it quits. At the time, Turner-Smith explained why she didn’t see her marriage as “a failure,” adding, “There are so many different moments in our life where we look at ourselves and say, ‘Who am I and am I being true to that?’ If the answer is no, then you have to make a move because I believe that there are visible scars from staying in places that are not good for us.

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