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i was so sad after i had my daughter. i found a pair of pants that i wore before i got pregnant and wanted to cry.. i compared them to the pants now and it was sad.

I am a first time mother at 34. I’ve been looking at the entries on this blog since before I became pregnant. It has definitely helped me get a realistic sense of the changes that occur during and after pregnancy. My biggest surprise was the change in my nipples. Pre-pregnancy I had small, almost flat nipples. I was afraid that I would have trouble breastfeeding. I should not have worried. During pregnancy, not only did my breasts grow about 2 cup sizes, I also grew big “outie” nipples. My son has no trouble latching on. I had a relatively easy pregnancy. I thought that I was going to get through it without stretch marks, but around week 38 they started to show up. I was induced 11 days after my due date when I started leaking amniotic fluid, and gave birth 14 hours later. I gained 30 pounds and immediately lost 23. I’m now 11 weeks post partum, breastfeeding and slowly getting back to my pre-baby weight – if not shape. The pictures are at 6 weeks, 40 weeks, 11 weeks post partum, and my little boy nursing.

I am 18 years old.And 39 weeks pregnant now. Engaged to the most amazing guy i’ve ever known. And we are having a little boy, Dakota. I was 123 lbs and 5’8 b4 i found out i was pregnant. Now at 39 weeks, i am 180 lbs. I have stretch marks on my belly, thighs and butt. I feel so gross. Wondering what my belly will look like after my son is born. What will happen to all that stretched skin…where will it go. Though i do like the big boobs. hehe. And i am truly excited about being a mommy. I know all the sleepless nights and dirty diaper will be totaly worth it. And i know the first time i see my son, it will melt my heart. I am preparing myself for the pospartum body though. I am a very insecure person as it it…now i have fat and flabby belly to worry about. But i guess, like many other others out there. I will learn to love my body again. So wish me luck, he’s due any day now!

This is my first pregnancy; I am 17yrs old. I am only 5’0″ and weighed 118lbs before pregnancy. Now I am 134lbs and 5 months pregnant.

I have two daughters ages 3 and 1 year and I have stretch marks all over my body from them. My first daughter was 8 lbs. 8oz and my second was 9 1/2 lbs. It’s really amazing what my body did and I am proud of every stretch mark. I love my girls and if that is what it took for them to be here then so be it. Thank for for making this website. Now I can see that I am not alone and that we are all beautiful in our own way.

I’ve always been self conscious about my body, even during adolescence and high school when I was in tip-top shape and looked great. With college came weight gain. I’d always had small breasts. A cup/sometimes a small B. I gained 50 pounds during college with lack of exercise and drinking a lot of beer and eating a lot of fast food. I still wasn’t fat, but definitely not comfortable in my body. One nice change were my breasts, which went up to a C cup. Now I am pregnant and 240 pounds, and my breasts are a D cup. They are still perky and nice. If it weren’t for my breasts, I would probably be very very very insecure about my body. Thank GOD I found a man who appreciates the NATURAL female body. Here I sit, 9 months pregnant and covered from boob to knee in stretch marks, and my boyfriend still thinks my body is beautiful. He is what keeps me happy about myself and assures me that my body is hot and sexy, ESPECIALLY with his baby inside of it. I have a few pics to share.

First thing i’d like to say; i’m from the netherlands so excuse me if my english is a little poor. I’m now 20 years old and a year ago i gave birth to our lovely babygirl. I had a modelbody,wared bikinis and men used to look at my body all the time. When i was 30 weeks pregnant,the stretchmarks began to show. My daughter weighs 9 pounds when i give birth… I don’t know how it works with American sizes,but in european language i wheighed only 52 kilo’s. So,you can imagine,my bellie is completely marked en sacky. I became very depressed, I informed about surgeries but could’nt afford it. So,here i am,never to ware a bikini again. Thanks to this site i found out that i was’nt alone,tha i’m not a freak… I feel better now,beginning to accept my body. I even asked my husband to make some fotographs of my stomach.(He had never seen me naked sinds i gave birth!) He thinks i’m beautifull,and slowly…me too! Men are looking at me again,just not in my bikini. So….shaped mothers… i’m so greatfull,and…your site has even reached the netherlands! A lot of my friends visit here allso. Mothers: be prouwd of the life you have given!

Hi, my name is Khareen Andersson. I am from the Philippines and i am now living in Sweden with my family…I love my family so much. My hubby is Swedish and he works in a cruise ship that travels the east coast at times and the west coast in the U.S. at times. He works 3 months and stays home 3months. We have 4kids now for the last 6years of marriage. We have 2 boys and 2girls now. The girls are twins. I have recently given birth to my second beautiful baby boy. He’s the only baby delivered here in Sweden while the rest of my kids were delivered in the Philippines all of them thru CS. My husband sent me this link to your website so he could tell me that i am not alone feeling shit about the way i look PP. I just would like to share my photos after my last baby. Although my husband tells me he loves me no matter what, i could not help disbelieving him and thinking he’s just saying that to make me feel better. On the contrary, i feel even worse. After my 2 C-Sections, my scar didn’t look so bad. But after this last one, i could not help thinking that maybe it was Dr. Frankenstein who operated me! I couldn’t help feeling even uglier! I know i should not think about things like these because it’s just shallowness, but how can that help us think otherwise? I could not think that “my body is a temple and that it had given me 4 beautiful babies.., etc…” when that image of myself is glaring back at me everytime i look at myself in the mirror. I know, i should be thankful that my kids are healthy and i have a loving husband..don’t get me wrong, i am. It’s just that, having this “butt-looking” thing in front me doesn’t really help my self confidence right now, if i have any left at all.

I started at 114 lbs pre-pregnancy, and had gained 65 lbs with my twin daughters by the 35th week when they were delivered preterm by cesarean. Most of the pounds fell off pretty quickly, with exclusive breastfeeding and the energy burned keeping them both as content as possible. I don’t mind the stretch marks on my breasts, knowing they have sated and grown two beautiful healthy 13 month olds. The cesarean scar runs right along the crease where my underwear stop; when I see it, I am amazed that these two lives made their entrance from such a relatively small incision, and I remember the relief and joy their father and I felt that morning when they first opened their lungs and screamed. Then there is the twin skin – a seer-sucker pattern of stretch marks upon stretch marks on my abdomen. It is the hardest to come to terms with. Some days I feel used up, like I understand why barbaric men would take a virgin wife for each child – and yes, every fiber of my feminist being quivers as a forest of knives at such a thought. On my best days, I see the twin skin as the most fundamental body art, hard won, and could parade it unashamed at the beach with my wondrous children discovering sand. I haven’t had any of the latter days in the summertime yet.

I had been dating a very nice boy,who was my rock. for just under 2years. when at age 16 we discovered ,that i was pregnant, we really thought it couldnt be possible. what life could we offer our precious baby? we werent living at home due to both divorced familys, both abandoned fathers. 1 alcoholic and terminally ill mother , & one bi poler ,schizophrenic. however we believed in god and that this was meant to be, so together here we are today with our ever so handsome son Zackariah Emmanuel @ 14 months, I’m turning 19 and he 21, i have much sadness inside, when i look in the mirror at my now naked figure!!! however looking at my sons smile makes me realize i would suffer much worse, anything for him :) i love my family & am a proud mummy. i love this sight!!!! must say i cried and cried it was all so real seeing the photos of all our bodies but equally felt peace knowing i’m not alone. so thank you to the creators its a harsh truth !!!!!!!!!!