How to Love Your Postbaby Body

LovinTim912

Ok so I was a little bored just now, so I read the article on Thebump's front page. ?I must admit that some of it is a little disconcerting to me.

Anyone else read it and have issues with it, or it is just me in a nitpicking mood tonight????

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ScissorTailedFlycatcher

I haven't read it, but will in a few minutes. What are your issues with it?

LovinTim912

"Those stretch marks are my battle scars and a very small price to pay for what I gained in return. My baby doesn?t need me to be sexy or skinny to be a great mom."

This is the part that annoys me so much! ?Why the hell are stretch marks automatically considered un-sexy????! ?I mean, ok, fine, I certainly wouldn't flaunt mine, but it just annoys me. ?I feel like this article was written for women with perfect bodies who just want their perfection back post-baby. ?What about those of us "normal" sized girls that already had stretch marks and some extra pounds before the baby!!!!! ? I guess according to The Bump, I was never sexy to begin with........

And as I am writing this, I can totally see how I am reading WAY TOO DEEP into this..... lol?

ScissorTailedFlycatcher

LovinTim912:

And as I am writing this, I can totally see how I am reading WAY TOO DEEP into this..... lol?

Hehe, I was going to say the same thing. But... I can see where you are coming from. Women are beautiful, no matter how many stretch marks they have or how many pounds they may hold on to.?

LovinTim912

LOL yea. ?I had a rough day and I guess I am just taking it out on The Bump!!!!

Sawyerplus1

I havent read the article, but couldnt that be the point? That stretchmarks are beautiful (or if not beautiful, aesthetically speaking, at least something to be proud of)? I know I HATE my post-baby stretch marks (i got so many even my doctor commented on how i paid my price in stretchmarks), but sometimes thinking of them as "battlescars" makes me feel better about them. 

goldenjes

I lost a bunch of weight after DS3 (the divorce diet) and was always so nervous about the thought of anyone seeing my stomach.  It looks like Freddy Kreuger attacked me, and they start 4 inches above my belly button.  Oh, and 6yrs after DS3 was born, they were pinkish-purple still.

When we were dating, DH traced them as a 'map of my mommyhood' and after that I wasn't nervous for him to see them at all.  I still never plan on flaunting them in public, but it's better now.

LovinTim912

Yea it is the point of the article, but I guess I just took the comment out of context. ?I felt like she was saying that it's ok to not be sexy anymore?because?you are a mom now. ?It just bugged me.