Mikael Jansson/Vogue Hailey Bieber opens up about experiencing postpartum dysphoria and says she often read negative comments about her body after welcoming her son The new mom reveals she had to come to terms with the fact that her body would never be the same She welcomed son Jack in August with husband Justin Bieber Hailey Bieberis not the same person she was before welcoming her baby boy – both mentally and physically. In a candid interview withVoguefor their Summer issue, the model and Rhode co-founder, 28, spoke about welcoming her baby son Jack in August with husbandJustin Bieberand shared that she experienced postpartum dysphoria in the months after becoming a mom, especially after she read comments online about her body. "Every day I have to talk to myself, like, 'Hailey, you had a baby,' " she tells the outlet. "You grew a human. You birthed a human. It's okay. Give yourself grace. Give yourself time." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Mikael Jansson/Vogue While she's always loved working out, Bieber admits it was harder than expected to lose the last 15 pounds she'd gained during pregnancy. Ultimately, she had to realize that her body was just never going to be the same. "When people talk about 'bouncing back' — back where, because my hips are wider, my boobs are actually bigger than they were before," Bieber says. "You're not the same person that you were before. You change head to toe." "And I think there was a minute where I kept really hyper-fixating on getting back to what I was," she admits. "And then I had to go through that acceptance of, 'I'm not going back.' So it's really about how do I want to move forward? Who do I want to be?" Mikael Jansson/Vogue Now that she's had a few more months to settle into motherhood, Bieber says she feels proud of who she is today. "I like who I am so much more than I ever have," she shares. "There's an ease that comes with [being a mother], a confidence. You really start to give less of a f--- about so many things. You're just like, 'I don't have the time, actually. I don't have the energy.'" "He's my priority. He is the most important thing to me," Bieber says of Jack. Read the original article onPeople
