Thread by @RebelBarefoot

Post partum bodies! Please read full thread

Can we normalise REAL post partum bodies please. I'm sick of being asked how I am going to loose my baby weight? How am I going to get back into shape? What creams I am using to get rid of stretch marks?

Piss off.

I was told it would not be possible to carry a child due to the damage my eating disorder had done to my reproductive system. We are overwhelmed with what we have managed to produce.

The last thing my body needs is to be manipulated, punished and starved.

My body has done an incredible job over 9 months, it needs to be cared for, nourished & loved.

I have seen so many # insta perfect post partum bodies. I am also being targeted by adverts to join weight loss programmes enticing me to hate what my body has becone.

Making me feel crap about my new figure. It is beginning to drive me mad. I feel the need to compare myself to these accounts & images, thinking what am I doing wrong? They seem to have their shit completely together! Am I failing?

Toned bodies, hair done, make up on looking refreshed & well. Where as my stretch marks are sore & tender, hair greasy & messy, breasts enlarged to the point they hurt, stomach and legs stretched & now soft, bags under my eyes, tired. Not remembering what day it is.

constantly worrying if I am doing a good enough job, spending my spare time knee deep in washing & trying to get some rest. Very different from the 'perfect' lives we see in the magazines & on Instagram.

However this post & image is normal. A normal post partum body.

Not toned smooth & far from glamorous. A normal post partum life. Tired, hormonal but incredibly rewarding, Spending every waking moment in awe with the tiny human we've created.I wouldn't change anything about my body right now Without it I would not have my beautiful daughter.

So no. I do not feel the need to crash diet. I do not feel the need to get rid of the marks my daughter made on my body. I do not feel the need to change.

I am doing my best, & that is enough. I am enough.

My body has changed. But so has my life ❤️

I could not be happier 💕

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