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Why I Love My Post-Baby Body
The reasons why I choose to accept my post-partum body
Stretch marks on my stomach illustrate the first home of my baby
Excess skin on my body is a constant memory of when I and my baby were one before we became two
The hair that falls off my head is a reminder of the temporary hormones that are still in my body
The milk that leaks from my breasts is my baby’s form of survival
Urine incontinence is a depiction of how hard I worked my pelvic muscles to push out my baby
The soreness in my vagina is a sign of the incredible miracle my body just carried out
The tiredness and irritability I feel daily narrates a unique and beautiful tale of motherhood
My body is far from perfect, and it may never return to the way it was before pregnancy, but nor will my life. I have had a baby, and my body tells me that every time I look at it.
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