I posted for the first time 12 weeks postpartum. My son is now 13 months old and I am still settling in with this mama body. I have lost 40 lbs including baby and placenta, and am 20 above my prepreg weight. I still have fluctuating feelings about this body of mine. I hope to become fitter than I have ever been and recently joined a roller derby team. I feel stronger after every practice and it is doing wonders for my state of mind. I have definantly had my bouts with depression and also great joy and discovery. Sometimes I am so mean to myself when my belly pooches over the waistline of my pants. I have heard that called a muffin top. I know it will never be the same but I try to love and respect myself. It helps to hear my friends and the readers here speak their piece, because I am so proud when these women love themselves and so heartbroken when they don’t. I am adding some pics: the first 3 days pp, the next 2 or 3 months pp, and then about a year pp. The stretch marks have faded, the belly is still saggy but smaller. I am fitting in cloths I couldn’t close a year ago, but hope to lose more fat and gain more muscle. I have also definantly gotten stronger since becoming a mother.
Wow! You are looking awesome!!! Great job, mama! :D Your belly is getting so flat! Roller Derby sounds like so much fun. I wish there was a team near me.
You’re very pretty!
I think your doing great, for your mind and body. Keep doing what your doing and give it time
You are looking great, Miranda! I’m so happy you don’t feel you need to alter your natural beauty :-) Keep working hard on yourself, at the same time enjoying your baby.
Miranda – my wife has almost the same story – heck, she has almost the same bod too – go on with your bad self. There is something about a woman who looks like she could nurture a child that is HOT. :) Don’t go changin’. Love the curves and the stretchmarks too!
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