Post baby Body Empowerment !!
As a young 21 year old mom, I never expected my body to change as much as it did.
Yes I understood stretch marks or a sagging lower body but never thought of how insecure it would make me. Sometimes I look at friends or other girls with flat tummy’s and no stretch marks and wonder how I would look if had never had Jaden.. I would have a 21 year old ‘acceptable’ body. My boobs wouldn’t sag and my stomach wouldn’t fold over everytime I sit down. My new body has felt foreign at times. After having Jaden, I got rid of crop tops and size 4 jeans because suddenly my hips were too big to squeeze into them. Walking into stores I had previously shopped in to only find size 0 in pants and shirts that didn’t go past my belly button… this was not only frustrating but made me feel like I had destroyed my once flat stomach. I felt like my body never fits a specific size or I’ll try to squeeze my boobs into small bikini tops that once fit me when I was 16!! Working on loving this body, has been tough. Learning to understand my body carried and nurtured a baby has been hard. To me my stretch marks are not ‘tiger stripes’ but they are definitely a memory of how my body did house my son for 9 months. It’s taken me almost 2 years to just accept that this is a standard, acceptable body. The same as every body. Crop tops have made their way back to my closet and bikinis have made their way to the beach on me. I hope every woman accepts her beautiful body and all the amazing things it does. You’re BEAUTIFUL!!!
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Yes!! My body has so much stretch marks! I breastfed my baby and that really sagged my boobs . I hated my body so much but with time I look at the life I created and I feel empowered ❤️💕🌸
I wish my body looked like yours. I feel ashamed I have to buy XL shirts and 14 shorts/pants. I used to be 0 and SM back in 9th grade. I was L and 10/12 before birth. Wouldn’t trade my son for the world though
Hiiii you’re awesome!! I’m 24 now but I was pregnant at 21 and gave birth at 22. I 10000% understand what you mean when you say other people your age are out here with the flat tummy and the crop top and tiny weeny bikinis. It hurts me too, my stomach looks a lot like yours. I workout everyday. I eat a very sensible diet but this is my post partum body and that’s just what it is. You’re amazing for being able to accept it and rock it with the crop tops again because it is beautiful and you are beautiful!! I hope to someday get there too.
I struggle with this a lot still. My son just turned 1 and I haven't lost a single pound of baby weight no matter what I try. No pre-pregnancy clothes fit and I've had a really hard time finding any new clothes that both fit and I like, I think I have about 2 outfits that I feel kind of okay in. I cringed when I saw myself in the pictures taken at my son's birthday party, but I wouldn't trade the total joy and love on his face in those pictures for anything
Mama I get this. I struggle with body positivity nearly on a daily basis where as before my girl never had that issue. You are beautiful and you are a queen!
Definitely feeling this post. I am 34 now and unexpectedly pregnant a 5th time. I had my first at 23. I went through 4 complete pregnancies in less than 8 years. It does a number on a woman's body but before getting pregnant this last time, I finally stopped caring and wore the bikini again. 😁
You can easily get your tummy to where you want it! Personally I think you look great! So jealous of your perky boobs, Im 4 kids down and boobs down to my belly button without a bra *jokes 😂 (Im 33 with 34F's) xx
And im over here like, damn... wish I had your stomach and perky boobs!!!!!
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