I am now 4.5 months pp. I breastfed my son, and it is the best thing that I have done.
I have strech marks on my brests, stomach, and hips…also a few on my legs. I am learning how to accept my body…and after reading everyone elses blogs on here…I love my body.
Thank you to whomever came up with this site, and thank you to all the mothers who tell your story!
pics are pre baby, and 4.5 months pp
I had my baby girl on July 15th 2008…I have been struggling with my self about my weight since…Before I got pregnant I weighed 100 lbs and now I am 134 lbs…I am slowly adjusting to the “new look” It is not the weight so much as the lose skin I have…I gained 60 lbs with my 3rd…But everyday when I wake to see my kids smiling and playing makes all worth it!
It is 2 days past my baby’s 1st birthday. After my shower I was just looking at my body. I see how much it’s been through with 3 pregnancies in 5 years. I am 22 years old, I have 3 children and I have my pregnancy service stripes and a battle scar. My belly, hips and breasts are covered in silvery stretch marks and my c-section scar is barely noticeable but will be there forever.
Pregnancy has changed my body in irreversible ways. It’s a small price to pay for children and one I gladly pay. I’ve dropped the baby weight, all 60lbs of it. I’m at 118lbs! But no matter the weight I lose, I will have loose skin from where my belly grew to accommodate my rapidly developing babies. My boobs will be deflated and saggy once I’m done with breastfeeding. I am okay with that. I am still amazed at what my body can do.
Fortunately, my husband loves me and my body the same, no matter how “damaged” it is. I am beautiful in his eyes and he helps me see it too. Sure there are days when I catch a glimpse in the mirror and go “UGH!”. I’m happy those days are few and far between.
The same way children leave marks on our hearts, they leave marks on our bodies. I earned my service stripes and I wear them proudly.
For those out there who didn’t automatically return to their pre-pregnancy bodies, I wanted to share what time has done for me so far. The pictures that I am sharing are from my second pregnancy. I had stretch marks with the first and the second. I only gained 44 pounds with my first pregnancy and found it pretty easy to loose most of it, with my second, I gained 63 pounds. I am working hard and eating well to loose the weight. I ultimately would like to loose 44 pounds to be at the weight I was when I first met my husband. I am optimistic and very excited for the end results! The first picture I have is from 8 days postpartum, the second is 6 weeks postpartum.
I am 140 lbs! yay I went from over 200 all the way down to 118..and i sagged..and didn’t liek it.. and now I’m finally fitting where my body should be not even worrying about scails or skin..lol I LUV some curve….I would take more .. So I’ve gained 20 lbs by eating lots healthy..eating and not feeling guilty..mostly eating normal and healthy….keeping more busy doing activities..getting outside..taking supplements..getting sunlight as much as possible.. It’s filled out my saggy skin a bit I feel.. I feel really good right now.. I’m okay with the lil bulge under my underwear line now..I’m okay with the stretch marks.. I just feel good right :) Great actually. I feel very blessed by god..and I love my body for taking such good care of me and my baby. ! I feel so much more blessed having a woman’s body then when I had a waify lil boy’s body in my teen years!
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
These are the pictures taken tonight, exactly one week after the birth of my first, Gunner Isaiah @ 26 weeks and 5 days. He was a micro-preemie and weighed 1 lb 13 oz and was 13.25 in. long. I had a normal pregnancy right up until I went into labor. I was thick before pregnancy and gained 10 lbs total. You can see in the pics that my navel piercing scar stretched a great deal. My unfinished tattoo on my ribs was not affected at all. Pumping so that I can eventually breastfeed has started to cause stretchmarks on my breasts, but other than that they look AMAZING! I am loving how big they are right now. :) The old stretchmarks I had on my hips and thighs had just started to extend, but it’s barely noticeable in the pictures. In a lot of ways I envy the moms who have stretchmarks to show. Since my son is in the NICU, the only physical indications that I even HAVE a baby are the hospital bracelets I refuse to take off. I would have rather had my whole lower body covered in stretch marks than have my son so early.
When I was 8 months pregnant with my son, I had this done. It was a beautiful, relaxing and memorable experience and I would tell every mother to be, to have it done. You can edit out the text in the photo if you like, it was put on the cover of a book of henna art for pregnant bellies!
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.
