After having my two girls, my body has gone through a lot. A LOT! My second daughter was born 6 months ago and I still have have a few pounds to get through to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Even though I'm losing the weight, it still doesn't look the way it used to. My stomach has a bunch of excess skin and looks like a little pooch along with a few stretch marks. It's been an adjustment to get used to the new me, and accept that my belly won't ever look the way it used to. I'm not sure if I had all the surgery in the world that it would ever look the same... but you know what? This body has created a miracle. TWO miracles! This body has birthed!! This body has created two beings and done the imaginable. So I don't look at these silvery lines with shame - I look at them with pride! I look at them in awe as the evidence that a child has passed through here.
This image captures my feelings perfectly: "Your body is not ruined. You're a goddamn tiger who has earned her stripes."
I thought this video on Birth Marks was also inspirational. These women are so awesome!
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