Jen Affleck Says 'DWTS' Rehearsals Have Been 'Humbling' 8 Weeks After Giving Birth

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00:00What has it been like being like you said eight weeks postpartum kind of thrown into this you

00:04have to get your body back you're you know dealing with the baby what's this been like for you? Yes

00:09it's been crazy but you know once you have like I feel like now that I have three it's just all

00:16that's crazy you know motherhood's craziness. Just adds to the chaos. Yes exactly. Were you ever

00:22nervous about what your body was kind of going to go through doing all this? Just a little bit

00:28which is why I ended up doing natural. My recovery has been like a game changer but I ran the New York

00:38City Marathon three months postpartum with my second so I was confident that I would be ready

00:44to bounce back. So you decided to do a natural childbirth because of Dancing with the Stars is

00:49that a part of it? Part of it part of it for sure but yeah yeah I am I'm glad I did it because

00:57now I'm up and ready. What experience like for you? It was the hardest thing I've ever done in my

01:05whole entire life. It was it was really hard but so worth it for sure. For sure oh my god yeah I give

01:11you kudos to you because I was like give me all give me everything. Yes yes yeah no it was it was

01:17crazy. It was crazy. So when you got the call that you were or when you found out at the reunion that you

01:22were going to be on Dancing with the Stars what was kind of the immediate thought that went through

01:25your mind? Oh my gosh it was for sure like a pinch me moment like I till this day I still can't believe

01:31it like even just talking about it right now I'm like oh my gosh I am on Dancing with the Stars

01:36that's crazy. Like dream come true. Yes. Yeah no seriously so how have you been preparing yourself

01:42because I know you just got into your first rehearsal. Yes. But how were you preparing yourself

01:46up to that moment? Just getting as much rest as I can and also just spending as much time as I can

01:53with my kids because it is crazy right now. So I mean everybody's like why aren't you posting like

01:59where's your content? It's because I'm like behind the scenes like I'm being I'm still a mom. I'm running

02:04around changing diapers doing all the things and so yeah my kids come first and then everything else

02:12is second. But yeah just it's just trying to find balance right now. Obviously you're known for your

02:20tic-tac dances. How does this compare to ballroom dancing? Oh it's definitely a lot different than

02:25just twerking twerking on your on your table. Right? Yeah no it's an actual sport. I mean I have bruises

02:32all over my body. I am so sore. I'm like I asked John I'm like does this ever go away? He's like no

02:39never goes away. I was like okay cool great. What's been the hardest dance that you've learned thus far

02:44or hardest step things like that? What surprised you the most? Probably all the lifts. Yeah. And that's

02:51what he's known for. So we're definitely doing a lot of lifts and flips and so that's definitely been

02:58challenging because I am still like right yeah healing from having a baby. No exactly. So it's been a

03:08bit humbling but it's been fun.