Age-25
Name-Megan
1 pregnancy
25 months postpartum
When I took these postpartum photos six weeks after I had my son, I told myself that I was still beautiful, that my body had just accomplished a huge feat and that my stretch marks were a reminder of the amazing thing my body had done by bringing my son into the world…and all of those things are true! But I truly felt down about my body. I was not used to having a big, squishy belly. And the stretch marks were so purple! And all over my stomach!
But time passed and now my son is two years old. Two wonderful, life altering, challenging, joyful years. And the stretch marks have faded! They’re still there of course , and they always will be, but now they’re just white lines and not even noticeable in pictures. Losing the weight didn’t take much. I eat healthy about 80% of the time, I eat reasonable portion sizes, and I exercise about three days a week.
Now I’m gearing up for a second pregnancy and the rollercoaster will start all over again but I couldn’t be more excited because I know that my body is capable of creating and sustaining life and also capable of repairing itself.
Pictures: 6 weeks PP, 25 months PP, my son, age 2.
Hi! I’m the author of this post. It looks like my photos are out of order. The first two are current photos and the second two are me 6 weeks PP. And the photo of my son isn’t there but that’s ok.
Thank you for the post. I’m 7 weeks postpartum with my third right now and feeling somewhat hopeless about body image. Even after 3 it’s nice to have a reminder that it does get better.