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16 Times Women Got Brutally Honest About Why They Love Their Postpartum Bodies

Why You Should Be Proud of Your Postpartum Body

16 Times Women Got Brutally Honest About Why They Love Their Postpartum Bodies

27 September, 2018 by Murphy Moroney

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"I see a very strong woman who fought and conquered infertility. I also see a mom who came face to face with postpartum anxiety and depression and fought to overcome it," she explained. "I love my wounds, and I treasure the life I have been given. I am so proud of my body for all it has done, and I hope my story will reach the hearts of other women looking to see beauty in their own scars." — Desiree Fortin

"I see a very strong woman who fought and conquered infertility. I also see a mom who came face to face with postpartum anxiety and depression and fought to overcome it," she explained. "I love my wounds, and I treasure the life I have been given. I am so proud of my body for all it has done, and I hope my story will reach the hearts of other women looking to see beauty in their own scars." — Desiree Fortin

"And while I appreciate the positive [Instagram] comments — you guys are always so good to me — I keep trying to explain that I'm just good at picking out clothes that flatter my body and hide my tummy. And I've tried to assure many of you that I haven't completely bounced back and that my body has changed — a lot! But as much as I say that, I feel like it's hard to believe unless I show you guys. I want you all to see me as I really am, and to know that I'm not perfect and I struggle with my postpartum body just like many other women out there do." — Ali Fedotowsky

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"Be kind to [yourself], be forgiving, and enjoy who you are today because you will look back and wish you hadn't worried about your body the way you did. Go out, have fun, don't let it hold you back. You are beautiful — flaunt it!" — Kai

"My body has changed shapes throughout the years, and yet again through pregnancy and my two years postpartum. I've never been overly self-conscious with my physical shape — it's been more of me feeling my body has failed me which causes the most anguish. From my ruptured appendix to scar adhesion pain to 36-hour labor turned emergency C-section, and now still dealing with scar adhesion pain, I have many low days hating and blaming my body for failing me. I'm still working on trusting my body." — Zoe

"Today my confidence is the highest it has ever been. This has not happened overnight or easily. The first time I got pregnant, I felt ugly, fat, unsexy, and unlovable. I hated what was happening to my body and the lack of control I had over it. I put so much importance on the climbing number that the scale showed each week. After I gave birth, I put so much pressure and expectation on my body to 'bounce back' with a matter of weeks . . . When my second was born, he was two months early. I forgot about my insecurities and internal dilemmas and focus every ounce of energy into helping him grow." — Kat

"Growing up, I always struggled with body image. Then, in my early adulthood, I was always just trying to get back to the body I had three . . . five . . . nine years ago. When I was pregnant, I truly and utterly started to love my body. What it was growing inside made me realize how beautiful it was on the outside." — Jessica

"Several months ago, I was given an opportunity from the TV show The Doctor's to have a noninvasive tummy tuck. They called me 'the perfect candidate.' To be honest, I have never once considered a tummy tuck, not because I don't support them, but because I do my best to love my body for what is now. I declined the offer twice and had to follow my heart." — Desiree Fortin

This fit mama said "enough" and decided she "will no longer be embarrassed by [her] loose skin" because she "can't compare your snap back to [her] snap back." — Brittanie

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"After each of my pregnancies, I have looked at my body and wondered where the hell my 'perfect body' went, and when did my stomach become, according to my oldest daughter, 'old looking?' But then I look at the baby fussing in her little bouncer and her rambunctious 3-year-old sister tending to her by putting her binky in her mouth, and I realize my body went to my children." — Nichole LaBreche Frank

"Not all women's bellies get jacked like mine and it does make me sad (yes, my tummy gets a lot of looks). But it is what it is. I can be embarrassed and have a messed-up tummy or accept it and have a messed-up tummy. There are hundreds and hundreds of women who would give up their perfect stomachs in return to have what I have, without thinking twice about it. So I won't think twice about it either." — Jessica

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