Amy Adams Learned Important Lesson from Pregnancy

New mom Amy Adams credits her pregnancy for teaching her an important lesson about her body.

“Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body – meaning that it wasn’t put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit,” The Fighter star, 36, tells PARADE’s Sunday issue.

“I was like, ‘Look, I can carry a baby! I’m gaining weight right, everything is going well.’ And I’ve had that relationship ever since,” adds Amy, mom to 7-month-old Aviana.

Amy isn’t in a frantic rush to lose the baby weight, either. “I’ve been working out when I can…but losing weight is not my number one priority,” she says. “It’s part of my job to return to some semblance of what I was before. But I don’t feel I’ve ever made my career on my rockin’ bod.”