It cracks me up that the same men that talk about wanting a woman to not wear makeup because "I like you better au natural" are staring at fake breasts, botoxed lips and lipo suctioned thighs. Let's be realistic...unless you have a personal trainer or a real dedication to having to have some perfect body, you are not likely to end up with the same body post-children that you have pre-children. Realistically, I don't think we SHOULD have the same body. We are made to be moms after we have kids. We get broader hips to sit a toddler on. We get saggier boobs to make a flatter surface to lay a restless baby on. Our bodies will change. Embrace it.
Look, I'm not happy about stretch marks but they're part of who I am. They mean that I held a baby in my body and kept that baby safe for a nice long time. They mean that a baby was nourished to a healthy weight inside of my uterus. Stretch marks definitely don't just come from pregnancy, either. I know people that had them just from puberty alone!
The point is that we shouldn't be shamed about our bodies changing after we have babies. Instead of clicking on some article on how celebrity mom A got back her body in six weeks by eating nothing but wheat grass, kale and air, focus on how you're nourishing your baby naturally. Instead of worrying about looking like some nipped and tucked mom star that has a personal trainer, just enjoy taking care of your baby and you. Don't allow yourself to be shamed by others for doing what Mother Nature has designed your body to do!
I am a proud mom of four kids. Yes, I have saggy boobs. Yes I have a big butt and hips. Yes, I have a little bit of marshmallow fluff in my abdomen that situps just won't take away. Yes I have stretch marks and undereye circles. Guess what? I'm okay with that. Embrace the body your children gave you and know that you are absolutely beautiful just as you are!
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