Pregnant

1 year later!

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, Child Loss, Postpartum, Pregnant, Second Pregnancy, Submissions 1 Comment

In 2006 I became pregnant while broken up with my husband, we weren’t married at the time but still seeing each other. At 5 weeks I miscarried and a month later we were married, it was already planned but it devastated me to lose my baby. Eight months later we conceived our son Jacob who turned one today November 1, 2008. I had a tough pregnancy with him and was in the hospital several times for severe dehydration. On Halloween 2007 I went into labor and delivered my son at 9:40am on November 1st, 2007. I am truly blessed to have a healthy baby boy. Attached is a picture after my first miscarriage, also attached are pictures from through out the pregnancy. the last picture is from now, a year later after baby



21 Years Old and Almost 11 Months Postpartum (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, First Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions 8 Comments

Me & my husband decided to try for our 1st baby in January of 2007. 3 months later, I was pregnant. Although we were young, we both wanted to start a family soon after were married. Our son was born on December 6, 2007. I loved every minute of the pregnancy. After he was born, I realized how different my body looked than pre pregnancy. I had strech marks everywhere & my once tight tummy was saggy & ugly. I guess thats expected after gaining 62lbs in only 9 months. Ive been dieting & exercising daily. My son is almost 11 months old & im finally ok with my body. Ive finally come to accept it, strech marks & all. Im still working at it, but it will come with time. Ive read the stories on here & thought…Ill never be brave enough or confident enough to post my pictures, but guess what, i am! Here’s some pregnancy pics at 37 weeks, My PP pics & a pic of my beautiful baby boy.








Hurray! (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, First Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions 11 Comments

Hurray for Stretchmarks!

I’ve always loved stretch marks on other people, they are so silvery and intricate and pretty. And I didn’t have any myself. But then I had a beautiful baby girl, six months ago, and now I have them all over my lower belly, and I love them. And I love the new texture my belly has, it’s so very soft and delicate-feeling.

Thank you, everyone, for your amazing pictures.




It’s nice to not be ashamed of my body (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions, Third Pregnancy 5 Comments

I have had three children, and each time, my body has changed. Most of my stretch marks came with my first and as I had my other two children, I noticed my belly getting saggier and resembling something like a bowlful of jelly. My breasts have gone from DD to F and back again three times, and definitely show the wear and tear of breastfeeding three children.

I am now a single mother, and have found myself wondering who in their right mind would find me attractive? I have gained much weight and my belly sags so much that it overlays the top of my pubic hair. I suppose I have to hope that someone will see me the way other mothers view the female form. I am not the most stunning person in the room, but my body has served its intended purpose. I have nourished, grown, and borne three healthy, amazing children and maybe some day a man will see my body for the life it has given and not for the flaws it has- and even perhaps, he will love me in spite or because of it.

I think your site is amazing and I wish that everyone would see that my scars, stretchmarks, and saggy skin are simply products of the long journey my body has endured.




Mum to 3 boys and a girl on the way (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, Breasts, Four or More Pregnancies, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions, Teen Mom, Update 8 Comments

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 a size 16 after two. It took a divorce and 3 years to lose 55lbs and I was back into a size 10. Six years after my 2nd I had my 3rd son. I only gained around 35lbs that time, and after he was born I lost all the baby weight and more after about a year, getting down to a size 6 or 130lbs. Here I am now pregnant with my 1st girl! I’m only 30 weeks and already gained 30lbs. Dr. said I’m on track to gain around 40lbs but he’s not worried about it so I’m trying not to worry. All my stretch marks came from my 1st two pregnancies. You can see they have darkened up during this pregnancy but I’m sure they’ll fade again. I’m not worried about losing weight again, I’ll be breastfeeding and with good diet and exercise I know the weight will go. I do hate to think about the sagging I’ll get. After 3 my belly was just a saggy jelly roll so after 4 who knows what will happen. I am so blessed to have had 3 healthy boys and a healthy pregnancy this 4th time, I’ll happily take the saggy stretch marked belly in return! Thank you for putting this site together, after reading the posts and seeing the pictures here I feel happier than ever to have this body!










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Learning to love my new body (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Before Pregnancy, Belly, First Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions 10 Comments

Me and my husband tried to get pregnant for 15 months..when it finally happened we were sooo excited..not to mention nervous! I was 105 lbs when I got pregnant by the end of my pregnancy I was 156! I ate very healthy but I still put on the pounds, made it to 30 weeks with not stretch marks and then woke up one morning with three…next moning more and by the end of my pregnancy I had a lot, I was soo upset. My pregnancy was great besides all the weight I gained..I had my beautiful daughter on June 4th 2008..I had a great labor and birth..She was perfect weighing 6 lbs 1 oz..I swore she was a least 9 lbs with how big I was..but that was the best day of my life!…

Looking at my body 4 months later..it just does not look at all like it used to..I had a nice body and now my hips and butt are huge..I have stretch marks on my sides and my lower tummy..I weigh 120 now but I feel like I weigh so much more. This site has helped my feel better about my body knowing I am not the only one that feels this way. But every marks reminds me of my little girl.

Here are some pictures of me before pregnancy and 4 months postpartum..and of my beautiful baby Ivy Jane!!










6 months, now (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, First Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions 4 Comments

So my beautiful daughter is 6 months old and it just hit me like, “Holy crap! It’s going by so fast already!!!!” I can’t wait to be able to have conversations with her, take her to play on a playground, find out the things she’ll be into, and just see her grow. When me and my husband found out we were having a baby…we didn’t know what to think! Then we went and saw that first ultrasound we were so excited, it was REAL then. Neither of us had a real family of our own, but now we do and we’re so happy; everyday is a new learning experience with our daugther.










16 married, 17 first baby (Ashley)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, First Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pregnant, Submissions, Teen Mom 16 Comments

first 0f all i l000ve this site!! i finally feel lyke im n0t al0ne!0kayy i g0t married @16..yeah i kn0w its y0ung but i l00ve him&& we were like why wait lets jus d0 it!2m0nths later i g0t pregnant for the first time! i gained 62lbs..i was skinny my wh0le life s0 i just keep eating! i th0ught the weight w0uld just fall 0ff 0f me..but b0y was i wr0ng! && stretch marks..man their everyyywhere!!! i g0t them 0n my b00bs,arms.belly and legs..like i said everyyywhere!!0n Jan 30 2008 i had my baby girl named bailey nic0le r0bles! shes my w0rld i didnt kn0w you c0uld l0ve s0me0ne s0 much! i w0uld d0 anything f0r her shes my heart my everything! she makes me soo happy! i love her soo much! but after i gave birth i l00ked @my b0dy && i hated it! i cryed so much to my husband he made me feel better at that time but then i w0uld jus g0t back & l00k at myself again and then i w0uld cry s0me m0re! my baby is n0w 81/2m0nths && i still hate my belly! it saggs theres stretch marks everywhere! i hate g0ing t0 sch00l and seeing all th0se skinny girls and it makes me wanna cry cuz im fat and l00k nasty! i wish i was like th0se girls that have babys and it d0nt even l00k like it…but thats just n0t me! i try t0 w0rk 0ut but its hard trying t0 find time t0 d0 it..g0ing t0 sch00l,taking care 0f my daughter& at 0ne p0int i did have a j0b..but 0ne day i h0pe i get my 0ld b0dy back..cuz i d0nt like this 0ne! but i l00ve my daughter…i jus l00k @her and think it was all w0rth it!! :]












My changing belly (Anonymous)

Bonnie (SOAM) Belly, Postpartum, Pregnant, Second Pregnancy, Submissions 6 Comments

I am 26 years old with 2 kids, 18 months apart. I was lucky, I didn’t get any stretch marks with my first, but my second was a 9 pounder and I’m only 5’2″ so now I have lots of them! At first I didn’t like them, but now they’re my battle scars….a reminder how how amazing the human body is! I never thought I could carry, let alone deliver(no drugs I might add) such a big baby!