body positivity postpartum

Re: body positivity postpartum

• seesea member

  June 2015

  I love scary mommy articles!!! Thanks for sharing
  
  There's this photographer I follow on Instagram, Ashlee Wells Jackson, she's part of the 4th Trimester Bodies Project. She specializes in photographing women postpartum and sharing their birth stories. The project shows a wide variety of women of all different types. These photographs and the stories are empowering, heartbreaking and inspiring! It sends a powerful message about motherhood and body image.
  
  If I'm ever in Chicago or if they ever end up in my area I would love to participate.
  
  Here's a link to the project
  https://4thtrimesterbodies.com
  
  This is one of the stories that really touched me. https://4thtrimesterbodies.com/nicole-korsakas/
  
  ...and here's one of the many photos of the project.
  

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• dancegurl1118 member

  June 2015

  In addition there's a few Instagram accounts which are really positive like takebackpostpartum. It's really tough to see how everything's shifted and different, and even at my prepregnancy weight my old clothes don't fit...but at the same time my body grew this tiny little tyrant in front of me, and that still baffles me. It'll take some time to adjust but remember it wasn't all for nothing!

  TTC: 1/2014 BFP: 9/24 EDD: 6/8/2015 Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.

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• karaelaine1991 member

  June 2015

  @dancegurl1118 seeing the prepregnancy clothes not fit right is the toughest part for me! I still have about 10-15 pounds of baby weight but I feel like all my clothes look frumpy on me now because they don't fit like they used to. It's very frustrating.
  
  @CillyMama I've heard of the 4th trimester bodies project! Seeing stuff like that is definitely helpful. I've never had problems with body image before and I'm glad this mommy body positivity stuff is fairly easy to find!

  
  

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• seesea member

  June 2015

  kes166 said:

  @dancegurl1118 seeing the prepregnancy clothes not fit right is the toughest part for me! I still have about 10-15 pounds of baby weight but I feel like all my clothes look frumpy on me now because they don't fit like they used to. It's very frustrating.
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  I'm about 8 weeks postpartum close to my pre pregnancy weight but fitting into my pre pregnancy clothes has also been a challenge! I took that as an opportunity to shop and buy more clothes. Though I would love to wear my old jeans again.
  
  
  

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