I am posting these photos because this is the content I needed when I was pregnant, when I was post partum and I still need it now! I was bombarded by images of women who's tummies seemingly went back to normal after carrying children - even carrying twins. They didn't have stretch marks or wrinkly skin or lingering flab even 3.5 years later! Then I got to thinking that maybe we only see the bodies that have gone back to "normal" because those of us that haven't are too ashamed to share our photos. Believe me, I do not like what I see in these images. But I refuse to hate what I see. I refuse to see myself as a ruined body. My tummy carried two 7.5lb babies to term. My boobs nourished them for 14 months. My arms hold them when they are sad. My legs run around after them all day. My flat bum sits playing on the floor with them. My body tells a story, sure it may not be very pretty but the story is incredible. I'm fit & healthy. I run a lot and lift weights, I eat lots of vegetables and also a fair amount of chocolate. I am who I am & my body is only part of that. So if you look a bit different from the standard of beauty we are shown every single day, consider showing yourself off every now and then. Cos some of us really need to see it.
Forever worrying that I don't do enough for them. Pretty sure they watch way too much TV. Then I remember that they do SO much. They go to the park, swimming, cycling, soft play, play group, cinema, drawing not to mention they go to nursery 2 and a half days a week. So yeah, I think they're fine and I need to stop giving myself so much grief 😂
