Parenting after a Loss

Ode to my Postpartum Body

O, giant nursing boobs of giantness, I loathe you and your inability to be stuffed into anything both work appropriate and nursing friendly. Belly sag of ultimate sagginess, there's no control top could control you. And stretch marks, o, stretch marks! Unsatisfied with the continent of my abdomen you ventured forth to my calves, and for this I shall never forgive you.

Or in other words, WAA, my clothes are never, ever going to fit again, baby weight or no baby weight.

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  • Yup, me too. Except my stretch marks decided to venture to my boobs. I like your ode though!
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  • To solve the nursing friendly shirt at work dilemma, I wear a nursing tank underneath my work appropriate shirts. That way when I go to pump I can lift the work shirt up and pull the nursing tank down and still have coverage.  
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  • I do see what you mean - I will tell you that now that DS is 2 years old, most things have improved dramatically, even the GOD-AWFUL stretch marks. I got them on my belly (under my belly button), thighs and the INSIDE of my KNEES...please explain that one
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  • I feel the same way lady!
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  • I hear you.  I committed on January 1 to "get my old body back" (in my case, literally "old", since I'm over 40 - ha ha).  So I downloaded the C25k app, re-upped with Weight Watchers....

    ...and found out I was unexpectedly KTFU the foll

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    Yup, me too. Except my stretch marks decided to venture to my boobs. I like your ode though!

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  • I feel you!  I struggle not to get frustrated....but I eat ridiculously healthy, not as a chore, that's just the food I love, pretty much vegan (except I love my eggs and yogurt) and I take the baby on at least 2 about 1 hr walks a day!  My arms
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  • Yup.  I've pretty much given up on looking in the mirror.  And, I've removed like 90% of my pre-baby clothes from my closet so I'm not saddened.  At least now I have the "I'm pregnant again" excuse.. but, I know once DS2 is born.. my bod

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  • Yep - I'm with you.  My boobs never got big (I was an AA cup before and maybe hit B cup at my biggest) (much to DH's disappointment), I didn't get stretch marks, and I didn't get very big at all - but seriously, 39 yo skin that's been stretc

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  • I'm in the opposite boat. Gawd I wish I could keep these knockers!!
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  • I second that LOL!!! All of it!
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  • This is fantastic. My bbs are obscene... I seriously want to lose all kinds of weight and ask a dr to take all the extra skin away : I never thought I'd consider "plastic" surgery, until after kids ;] I don't want my face all pulled back, just my tummy f
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    This is fantastic. My bbs are obscene... I seriously want to lose all kinds of weight and ask a dr to take all the e
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  • Love it!

     

    The feminist in me wants to look at my sagging stomach, stretch marks, and overall different body and love it and realize it brought me DD and feel empowered.

    The realist in me is disgusted and can't look in a mirror a

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