I was 25 years old when I found out I was pregnant. I weighed 107 pounds prepregnancy and gained 50 pounds with my little girl. It has been eight weeks and I am down to 127 ponds and can’t wait to lose the rest. I have just been able to start working out I ended up having to have a c-section because my little girl was 8lbs 11oz and was to big to come out naturally. The first picture is of me about a month before she was born.
this is my little body while I was pregnant. I had some pretty nice curves! I gave them back after the nursing, but my new body is a trophy to the little bundle of joy.
First of all, this site is amazing! I’m pretty happy with my body after having two babies, really my only problem is my boobs. Before I got pregnant with my first baby at 19 I was a good full 34C, now, I still wear a 34C, but it is one of those push-ups from VS so pretty much everything that is inside the bra is padding. My son was born at 30 weeks and never learned to nurse so I pumped for him for 6 months until I dried up. The problem though, is that no one ever told me to regulate what I was pumping, so at one point I was pumping 12 oz every 3 hours and my boobs where HUGE and very, very stretched out. They are covered in silvery white stretch marks and are very saggy. Other than the stretch marks on my boobs I have a few on my hips, but those are silvery white as well. I didn’t have that hard of a time losing the weight, but I am still 2 pants sizes bigger than I was at 18 when I got married. Sometimes I wish I was 110lbs and a size 6 again, but some days I’m OK with my body. My husband loves the way I look now, he loves the curves and the saggy boobs and the big hips, so that makes it easier for me to look at myself and be OK. He’s the only one I need to impress and he loves my body, he says I look like a women now instead of a teenager. Here are a few pictures of me. The first one is from when I first found out I was pregnant with my daughter (my second baby), the second picture is me 35 weeks pregnant with her (I had her a few days later at 36 weeks), and the last two pictures are from today, 23 months pp and 5 weeks pregnant with baby #3 (I’m pretty sure I am pregnant but I haven’t had a positive home test yet, my hormones don’t rise like they should when I’m pregnant, that’s the reason I had my son at 30 weeks and had hormone therapy with my daughter and had her at 36 weeks, I go in a few days to find out for sure if I am pregnant)
Stomach after the first..not alot of damage but alot of stretch marks…the second child changed my world
I was always one of those women who prided myself on my beautiful belly. And at 24 I was ready to be a mommy, fully understanding what my body would look like after having a baby. I was ready for whatever god gave me. Thankfully I was blessed with the perfect pregnancy, the perfect delivery and the most perfect baby girl ever! I was very blessed to be one of the few who didn’t gain a lot of weight. I gained 20 pounds. I was so pleased with myself. Two weeks after having my baby girl I was back into my pre-baby jeans! I was elated! I have 1 stretch mark on my belly, a few on my hips, some on my thighs, and my breasts are covered with them. Currently I am Breastfeeding my little girl and hope to continue until she is 1 year. My husband is very supportive and loves me for who I am and I thank him for all he does for me!
Well, Lucy turned 9 months old yesterday. They say “9 months up and 9 months down” when it comes to the baby weight, but I’m not buying it. It took me a lifetime to prepare for being a mother- how can I just expect to go back to “Old Laura” 9 months after the event? I’m still getting used to the new me, and so far I don’t like her all that much, physically. But New Laura is quite a girl. She’s stronger, smarter and a little more balanced than Old Laura. I guess any body that can carry a human life inside it is never really ugly, is it? I just have to keep reminding myself, every single hour of every day. I’m beautiful and I created life.
Love,
New Laura and Lucy
1) Before Baby
2) Nine months after baby
3) Baby Lucy
I had my son Oct. 10 2004, and this picture was taken about 6 months after…just for some of the girls out there…not everyone gets stretch marks….. I weighed about 105 before getting pregnant and I was 18. Now I weigh about 115…..so I am still not the same size, but not everyone gains 100 pounds while pregnant…I gained about 20!
I got pregnant when i was 16 and had a 7 lb 8 oz baby girl right after I turned 17. Here I am 9 months later. I go to the gym and have adapted a vegan diet.
I try and embrace the stretch marks bestowed upon me by my first pregnancy. I read your submissions and envy those who are truly happy with their bodies and hope someday I will be as well. I am now pregnant with our second child and I am dreading the weight gain and stretch marks. Thankfully no new ones have shown yet, but I know as I get further along, they will come. My son (and the one on the way) are WELL worth it, but I have to admit, I hate the way I look now and often wish I could have my old body. I have posted a picture of me a little more than 1/2 way into my second pregnancy and a smaller ‘before’ picture. Maybe posting these will bring me a step forward to loving my body.
My boys are now 6 months old and I think that I look amazing :) Here is a picture of my belly at 6wks post partum and a picture of me now (6 months postpartum). Then here are my twin boys :)
