Loved this.

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• Drea926 member

  January 2014

  LMAO. This is the exact blog post that prompted my UO for the day. :P I must have a heart of stone.

  
  

  No offense at all to you OP. I think you're a sweetie. ;-)

  

     
  

  
  

  
  

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• jdilorenzo member

  January 2014

  LoL. I get that. I don't love my post baby body either. But reading things like this make me feel alittle better.

  Jenny DiLo

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• kleigh926 member

  January 2014

  I love this article! I think that in general, women have unrealistic expectations for what their bodies should look like, especially after having kids. I'm not saying that no one should try to be healthy and get in shape after babies, but I don't think we should all try to attain pre-baby looks either.
  

  PCOS with long, irregular cycles
  First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013 
  BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

          

  
  

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• stephbethpeth member

  January 2014

  My DH emailed that to me and I sat there reading it biting back tears. It made me feel warm and fuzzy!

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• musicalmama5 member

  January 2014

  lilsebastian said:

  Oh man, I love that article. I have so much more respect and admiration for my body after giving birth. In fact, I'll say pregnancy and birth did a lot more for my body image than any self-esteem pep-talks.

  This. I am in awe of my body after pregnancy, labor, birth, and breastfeeding!

  
  

  
  

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• tamarar5 member

  January 2014

  I wish I had more respect for my body post babies but in truth I feel gross and ugly and saggy. I know dh adores me and doesn't feel any differently about my looks, heck we're ku'd again, but it would be so nice if he would ever tell me that he thinks I'm pretty.
  
  To be clear, he has never said this to me once. I know he thinks it because if I tell him I feel ugly or fat, etc. he comes back with no you aren't, BUT not once in 15 years had he ever told me I'm beautiful. In not sure why but it's just not part of his upbringing. His family never comments on any ones looks. If I tell them they look well, it's like his family doesn't know how to respond. :-/

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• jdilorenzo member

  January 2014

  @tamarar4 I am so sorry to hear that. Maybe if you say it to your children your husband might catch on.

  Jenny DiLo

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• draeray member

  January 2014

  @tamarar4 I completely get feeling gross and saggy. Hell I'll throw on FAT on mine too because I have only lost half of the weight I put on. AND, I have stretch marks all over that are still very dark. I don't have not one inch of my stomach that isn't just fully covered with stretch marks that go both directions. I have to say that I am not sure I will every feel pretty again (even if I lose my weight) due to the damage my body has taken.

   

  

  

  

  
  

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