Mother of 4….soon to be 5! (Amy)
I am a young mother of many. I am currently pregnant with my 5th child, though this is my 6th pregnancy. My oldest child is only 6 years old, so in the last roughly 7 years my body has been through a lot. However, my body makes me so proud, because I have 4 beautiful [...]
My Beautiful/Crazy Motherhood (Nichole)
~Age:23
~Number of pregnancies and births:3 & 3
~The age of your children, or how far postpartum you are: ages 7, 5, 2
Well this site just made me feel 100% better! Let me start from the beginning! I was 15 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. I am 5′2″ have been [...]
Need to Learn to See Beauty in Myself (Anonymous)
I am 33 years old. I have been pregnant six times, and I’ve given birth to four fantastic children, ages 8, 5, 2, and 7 months.
I married my best friend straight out of college and got pregnant with our first child about two years later, the second month we tried. We were both [...]
My Mother Body (Lisa)
During a recent discussion among a group of women friends in which a few of us were taking pot-shots at ourselves about our post-baby bodies, one friend in the group passed along a link to this website. I spent some time reading submissions posted to the site and looking at photographs, and it all [...]
Proud to be a mother at last (Alex)
Age: 35
No of pregnancies and births: 4 and 1 live birth
Post partum: 9 weeks
Having lost 3 babies I never thought I would become a mother. In may heart I blamed myself and after my last miscarriage in 2006 I spent 2 years trying for another baby so by the end of 2008 I had decided [...]
My body is wrecked (Elizabeth)
Number of pregnancies & births: Four
Ages of children: 9, 6, 3, and almost 5 months
B&W photo taken four month post-partum after fourth child
Beach photo taken 11 months post-partum after first child
I guess you could say I was proud of my body after the birth of my first child. I bounced back fairly quickly despite [...]
23 year old mom 18 month postpartum, 5 kids later!! (anonymous)
hello i’m a 23 years old mother of 5 young childrens, i started having kids at the age of 14, i know i started young but i wouldn’t change it for anything in this world, now about my body i cant say the same thing, but i have 5 kids what else can i ask [...]
Transformation (Erron)
Age: 31
Number of pregnancies: Seven pregnancies, two successful
The age of my children: 2 aged 4, 1 aged 2, and 1 on the way
When expecting our first baby I remember going to my 20 week ultrasound in my regular pants. I couldn’t wait to start looking pregnant. After two years of trying, and waiting, we [...]
Self Love is the Most Important Love of All (Anonymous)
I just came across this website and I think it is the most beautiful, helpful website that a mother could possibly visit. It is hard these days to be happy with our bodies. The media hype and hollywood has portrayed a very distorted image of what motherhood does to ones body. It has taken me [...]
I brought 6 amazing people into the world, if you don’t like my body, don’t look! (Anonymous)
28 yrs old, 5 pregnancies, 6 children (twins), 3 weeks postpartum
I am a 28 year old mom of 6 beautiful children. I have 10 year old twin girls, 8 and 6 year old boys, a 4 year olds and just gave birth to our 4th girl 3 weeks ago. I am always told [...]
He Tells Me I’m Sexy (Jenn)
I’ve been a larger girl since I was around 16-17 years old, after a knee injury that left me in an immobilizer for 6 months. Following that transformation of my body, I had a hard time regaining self esteem. Still, even though I was heavy, I still had a great body… [...]
Embracing the New Me (Anonymous)
I am a 36 year-old mom to 3 kids, each 2 years apart. Had my babies at 29, 31, 33 years of age. Before kinder, I weighed 130 lbs, and was very slim, due to genetics and regular exercise. Now, after 8 years, 3 kids, 4 pregancies (lost one in between) [...]
3 pregnancies, 2 children, and pregnant with what we think are multiples! (Leigh)
Hi ladies! I am a (25 year old) mother of 2 right now, and pregnant for the 4Th time! We were pregnant with natural fraternal twins in 2004, but sadly lost them due to complications @ week 12. Now we are pretty sure we’re expecting twins again, if not more. We are both terrified and [...]
Successful UBA5C (Stacy)
I am updating from my previous entry here…
I am ecstatic to announce the arrival of our son. He arrived vaginally, at home, 10#5oz, 22 1/2 and perfectly healthy. I have had 5 previous csections and have yet to even process the immense healing that has come and will come from this. I love this website [...]
Pregnant With 4th Baby (Kelly)
I’m 29 and this is my 5th pregnancy 1 miscarriage and 3 children. Ages 9, 7 and 3! I am 18 weeks pregnant in these pictures. I love my pregnant body even if it’s not perfect. There’s nothing more beautiful then a pregnant women. I may have got my mamas huge butt, but I was [...]
13 Months Postpartum and 5 Kids Later (Anonymous)
I’m 22 years old I’m 5′2 and I weight 147 now, this is me 5 kids later 13 months postpartum I don’t feel good with my body cause my skin is too lose but I’m ok as long as I look good with clothes lol.
More Changes (Sarah)
Since I submitted my story and pictures all that time ago I have been pregnant another two times. The first of those was stillborn in the middle trimester and recovering some sense of my body not being broken is very hard! I’m now pregnant again (my 6th pregnancy) and not far off due. [...]
32 1/2 Weeks Pregnant with Twins (Anonymous)
This is me last week, 32 and a half weeks pregnant with identical boys. This is my 6th pregnancy, we lost our first two, and I’ve carried 3 so far to term. These will be our fourth and fifth children. I’ve not had stretch marks before, and my belly pretty much went back to normal [...]
4 babies by 22 has taken its toll on my body (Tanya)
Hello, my name is Tanya and I am 25 years old.
Just before I turned 16 I got pregnant. I was 110 ponds when I started my pregnancy and was 185 pounds at week 36 when I was induced due to pre-eclampsia. I had been swollen throughout most of my pregnancy but my urine tests showed [...]
Mum to 3 boys and 1 girl (Anonymous)
Original entry here.
I had my little girl 7 weeks ago today. She was born 1 day after her due date. I let the Dr. induce me after he said “she’s going to be big, over 8lbs” so he broke my water and put me on a pit drip and after 4hrs of labor our 9lb [...]
Pregnant with #6 (Anonymous)
This is me 8 months pregnant with baby number 6, who was born at home weighing 10#’s. I love being pregnant, I think the pregnant form is so beautiful. I gained 35 lbs. during my pregnancy but have only lost 10 lbs. since giving birth to her one year ago. I hope that when she [...]
C-Section Scar, 4 Weeks (Anonymous)
34 year old mom of 4, surrogate mom to 3 This c-section was from my 7th pregnancy. 2nd c-section. Incision is just 4 weeks postpartum.
11 pounds, 4 oz, Wow! (Anonymous)
No wonder I was so tired and could barely walk… as baby #4 was over 11 pounds. I may never get a chance to be pregnant again so I am certainly cherishing every memory I have of all my pregnancies.. but mostly, due to it’s recentcy, the latest one. And I felt I wanted to [...]
11 Months Postpartum, After 5 Kids! (Anonymous)
i have post here before i just want to share my 11 months pospartum pict i dont like my body and my huge thighs!
Two-Time Gestational Surrogate and Mother of Two (Anonymous)
Hi I am a 2x Gestational Surrogate. I also have 2 kids of my own Baylee 11 and Tyler 5. I am a proud surrogate of 2 baby girls. One born 2/27/07, and another born 8/25/08. I am proud of all 4 babies I have given birth to. However my first child was the pregnancy [...]
Learning to Love My Body After 5 C-Sections, Pregnant With #6 - Hopeful VBAC (Stacy)
With my first daughter, conceived at 17, I was not fuller aware of the changes that would take place. I was young, ignorant to nutrition and was raised with horrible eating and activity habits. I gained almost 80 pounds and ended my long labor in a csection. My first daughter is an absolute joy, and [...]
Body After Four Babies (Anonymous)
I had my first baby at 19, and that’s where I got all my stretch marks. She was 7lb, 14oz and my smallest baby. I started out pregnancy at 150 pounds and was 191 when she was born, in June 2001. My second baby was 9lb, 2oz and was born in August 2004. I started [...]
Mum to 3 boys and a girl on the way (Anonymous)
I’ve been a mum since I was 19. I’m only 5′4″ and I’ve never been thin, always struggled with my weight and body image. With my 1st pregnancy I gained over 45lbs. 19 months later I had my 2nd son at home after gaining over 55lbs. I went from a size 10 before babies to [...]
8 months postpartum, fifth baby (Anonymous)
i’m 22 years old with 5 young kids my youngest is 8 month old and i feel good with my body now i want to lose some weight but i feel like is ok for 5 kids i just need to toned it up cause is saggy and my belly button is horrible that the [...]
Fifth Pregnancy (Rachel)
I am 27 years old, and recently gave birth to my fifth child 3 months ago. With each pregnancy I have gained between 50 and 60 lbs and have managed to lose the weight every time. Usually this takes me about 9 months, but with this past pregnancy i worked out during and [...]
Pregnant Belly (Anonymous)
I am 37 weeks and 3 days pregnant with my fourth child. All of the stretchmarks were from my first pregnancy 13 years prior.
Anonymous
This is 3 days before I’m supposed to give birth (c-section, due to breech) this is baby number 4 for me and my last. I wanted to embrace my beautiful body one last time and decided to show the world….
Anonymous
This is me in my 40’s after giving birth to 4 children. My first 3 were born when I was very young and the last was over a decade ago.
I got stretch marks with the very first one and gained a few more along the way.
I’m happy with my body now but was embarrassed by [...]
Anonymous
All my childhood I wanted to do nothing more than to be a Mom. I dreamed about pregnancy and childbirth. At career day, I didn’t want a career other than to be a Mother.
Before becoming a Mother, people always commented about how tiny I was, how thin I was. Now, 4 pregnancies and 2 live [...]
Anonymous
I am a 29 year old mother of 4 beautiful girls (14 months, 3, 8 and 9). I want to teach my girls when they are older that real women don’t look like the ads in magazines, and that they should be proud of the body Nature gave them and be proud that they are [...]
Pam
Hi there
I love your site and finally decided to be brave enough to take pregnant pictures of myself and send them in. I am 38 weeks pregnant with my 5th and final child. A little girl. I would only like the pictures to be used on this site and no where else. I [...]
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