Wow, i’m so inspired by your site! I’m so embarrased by my body because of the lumps and stretch marks. When I was pregnant, I didn’t get stretch marks until the 9th month and I just exploded, I got stretch marks all over the underbelly. I even had scabs on my hips because the skin stretched too much. You actually can see that on me on my photo. This is full body shots at 9 months, actually 39 weeks. You can see the scabs and stretch marks. I really felt like exploding, my hips hurt so incredibly bad and I ended up wearing my husband’s shirts. My maternity pants were starting not to fit.
This is a fun photo of myself trying to peek over my belly and you can also see the stretch marks.
NOW – this is the After photos 14 months PP:
My body looks like it returned to normal but it didn’t. My boobs sag and is tiny because of 6 months of breastfeeding. I already had a belly before pregnancy to start with, it looks the same except it now has stretch marks and has a caved in middle which I find really strange. You can sort of see it in my belly shot. I weight more than what I used to. I’m trying for a 2nd right now and I’m really nervous about what would happen to my body afterwards. I think 2 kids is my limit and I hope at this point, I’ll be able to seriously exercise. I need abs, I never had abs!! Keep contributing pictures, we need to show that we’re strong and natural women. We don’t need to be one of those hollywood stars that end up thin few days after giving birth. That isn’t natural!
Angela R.
WOW your baby really was growing strong! I TOTALLY had the same experiance with my stretchmarks. My OB told me they were there in my 8th month, and here I thought I had gotten away with none, LOL! Thanks for sharing!
Your pregnant belly was great!! I get sooo huge, too, and it hurts. I have the cave thing, too, because my ab muscles seperated.
I think you look great!
You look just fine! I try to look at my own tummy as a map of where my body has been.
I, too, have the caved in belly, it’s due to muscle seperation and lots of women have it. I didn’t realize this until I started talking to other women. You look awesome at 14 months after!
Thank you all!I actually feel better after the photos were posted. I see the photos in a new light now. Katie & Davina – I did wonder if I did have that but never did research. I heard it’s not fixable. Ah – I will live!
My stomach is similar to yours in the last photo.. Only its a tiny bit smaller.. Probably because I was always a small girl. I love the pic of you trying to peek over your belly. Adorable