After giving birth, moms are often faced with many insecurities about their bodies post-baby. As all moms know, our bodies don't automatically "bounce back" after having babies.
After giving birth, moms are often faced with many insecurities about their bodies post-baby. As all moms know, our bodies don't automatically "bounce back" after having babies.
No matter how hard we try, our bodies are just different than they once were before we had children.
Whether it's stretch lines or excess skin, many moms feel insecure about their "new bodies" and even give up on trying to maintain it.
Sharny Kieser, mom of six (yes, six), posts tons of photos of her body after kids, saying that she, too struggled with her own stretch marks.
She reminds moms that their bodies are normal— everyone has those wrinkles, stretch marks, and "lines."
But, she had a change of heart.
"Then one day I overheard my loving husband explaining to a bunch of his friends why he thought stretch marks were beautiful," Sharny wrote.
"They were a sign of being a woman. They are a result of the great love a mother has, that she would scar her own body to bring a child to life... on and on he explained and the more he talked, the more I got it" she said.
Many of them include other people's before-and-after photos of their own journeys through body positivity.
And humans have real bodies, complete with cellulite, stretch marks, and everything in-between.
She gives the whole "embracing the mom body" a new image and name. And, it's so inspirational.
Mom's bodies are truly incredible. They build a whole human life in nine months and bring that baby into the world. Of course, things will look a bit different after this huge accomplishment.
Embrace how incredible you are, moms! You deserve it.