Woman Praised For Her Honest Postpartum Body Post

While we're so happy to have a new love in our lives and taking care of our children, there are moments where we feel bad about ourselves and what we go through after giving birth.

But by baby number two, three, or even four—our bodies take a bit longer to adjust all the physical changes caused by pregnancy.

It takes a lot to love your body and love yourself once you feel you can no longer have that "flat tummy" again.

Mom bloggers on Instagram and Facebook have begun posting inspirational posts online showing how they've learned to love their bodies and adjust to a new life with their postpartum selves.

The posts range from inspiring and empowered, to honest and heartbreaking.

Sandy has three children and shares her life with followers on her popular Instagram and YouTube pages, The Ballard Bunch

In this post for World Breastfeeding Month, she opened up about her feeding journey with each of her kids, accompanied by this beautiful photo.

In this post from last year, she wrote that she was measuring at 34 weeks when she was only 30-weeks pregnant and that her, "stretch marks are here to stay."

Even after going through the postpartum phase three times, Sandy knows that each pregnancy and recovery period is unique.

In her post, she wrote: "Nine months in, nine months out. Or something like that. This is postpartum (x3). This is mushy belly, jiggly booty, & bowling ball boobs because #breastfeeding."

"This body is pool ready. Is it skinny? No. Is it what it used to be? No. Did it bounce right back? No. But it’s a body & it’s at the pool."

"So it’s pool ready. It grew three giant babies. It stretched to capacity & stretched some more. It nourished two of those babies round the clock. It was cut in half twice. It could barely walk without help, but here it is still standing. I used to spend hours wishing away everything about how it looked. "

"All the stretch marks & imperfections. I could name them off at the drop of a hat. I put things off until I lost the weight."

"Then I realized I was missing out on their lives. These little people I love so much. I worked so hard to carry to term. I delivered them. I did it all for them. Then I wanted to sit out & cover it up & hide it."

"Why? Because society tells us we should be one way or have a beach body. Well after my third baby I finally realized I already have a beach body & full arms & a full heart. These kids are watching me & listening to how I talk about myself."

Postpartum is beautiful. For every scar & stretch mark & wiggly body part, there’s a woman desperate to have those lines, desperate to have given birth & here I am with not one but THREE healthy happy babies. Praise the Lord for that. "

"Don’t waste time praying to be skinny cuz it ain’t gonna work, trust me. Spend time playing in the pool with your kids. Spend time thanking Jesus for the miracle of motherhood."

They'll remember the memories you shared together.

"They won’t remember your lack of thigh gap, they will remember this moment when you had so much fun together. I am working hard to love the skin I’m in."

One user said: "Thank you for this! It’s so inspiring to us moms who don’t feel like we fit in with what the world thinks our bodies should look like. I talk down about myself often wondering what I can do to get in shape or to lose those pounds that’s so hard to get rid of but then I think to myself “this is who I am, I carried 2 babies to term and one angel baby”. My husband still thinks I’m beautiful and my daughter compliments me often. It gives me the strength to love who I am and not worry about what others may think. So, thank you again."

Clearly, if we can learn anything from Sandy, it's that while we may be uncomfortable in our new bodies, it's normal—and, we have to look around and see how resilient and beautiful life is when we have such wonderful little humans that came from us.