How do you feel about your stretch marks and post baby body?

Question

I LOVE MY BODY!!! I feel as if my stretch marks are a symbol of my daughter and that she was a healthy baby. I used to be bothered by them. Now, I feel very confident. I embrace what I was given and what I was blessed with. My husband tells me that they are another part of me. I think they are beautiful for they are from my beautiful daughter.

If you could go back, would you wish you did not have them?

Does your spouse care if you are covered in stretch marks?

Are you just as confident about your body?

Answer 1

To be honest I love the new body but I hate the stretch marks. I know they are because of my beautiful baby  but I would love not to have the stretch marks. My boyfriend betrayed me in the last few months of my pregnancy so I definetly feel very insecure. And the stretch marks aren't just ugly they sometimes feel like a reminder of the pain and hurt I feel.

Answer 2

I never got stretch marks because I basically took a bath in Palmer's Cocoa Butter, but oddly, my stomach was about three shades darker than the rest of my body once it went back again. My husband was very curious about the coloring "How come it turned so dark?" But that didn't stop him from grabbing on me. LOL...I absolutely love my body though, and I got some much needed hips after my baby, which I didn't have before. Once you deliver a baby, you should feel invinsible no matter what, unless you gained a bunch of weight and look like a hippo. I don't think having a baby should be used as an excuse to get fat and stay fat. I lost all my weight, but my body was different after the extra weight was gone. But I am totally happy. Just think, there are women who would give anything to have their own babies, and they can't. So feel proud!

Answer 3

I love my body. I had my son 4 years ago and although my b*****s and butt are riddled with a maze of stretch marks, I know that every one of them are a sign of my beautiful little boy. My husband loves me just the way I am, and we can't wait to have another baby. I am more confident about my body now than I was before pregnancy, I gave birth to, and raised a wonderful child, that gives me strength and knowledge that I will be able to handle anything that life throws at me. Mothers are beautiful, all shapes and sizes, there is nothing more precious than the bond between mother and child!!

Edit: Okay, seriously, to the people that are giving all the thumbs down...find a hobby!!

Answer 4

A woman who is confidant, is always s**y, you go girl....

Answer 5

My mom says thats here way of remebering the signifigance of me and my brothers birth

Answer 6

I love my stretch marks!! there my battle scares & they drive me every morning to go running & eat healthy. Over time theve faded & i had pretty bad stretch marks on my chest/shoulder area/biceps, But theve faded nicely & now look more normal then my 6 pack :D

Answer 7

Ah I'm glad someone else has said this!

I really don't care about what has happened to my body.

I'm 20 and before my baby I had a pretty good figure (I can say that now as it's in hindsight lol!) - slim and toned and not a stretchmark in sight!

Now I think I have the body of a 50 year old lol! My skin is loose and saggy, belly is wrinkly, I have stretchmarks covering every inch of skin. I have a muffin top waist and saggy b***s! I have had to buy an entire new wardrobe of clothes because none of my pre-pregnancy ones fit.

But, here I declare, I AM HAPPY!

It kind of annoys me how many people you hear going on about stretchmarks etc. HOW can they care when they've just had a baby?! My son is the most wonderful thing to ever happen to me and as you so rightly said, every mark on my skin is a symbol of him. Okay if someone is overweight then it is fair for them to be concerned as that is a health and comfort issue. But just a few extra lbs and stretchmarks and sagginess? Who cares! People should stop being so shallow!

Also, I'll just add, I'm single, so if I ever want a relationship again I have the issue of meeting someone new and introducing him to "the body" lol. And a lot of guys in their 20's would still expect a woman my age to have a pretty decent body. But, still, I DON'T CARE! A lot of these women you hear moaning on are happily married and don't have that issue to worry about. I do, but I can accept it, because my son makes up for everything ten fold! I wear my stretchmarks as a badge of honour!

Edit: Haha, ooh the thumbs down police are out today! Funny, all I said is basically, "I care more about my baby than my body" and THAT many people disagree with me. Seem to me that there are a lot of guilty mums out there who have their priorities just a tad wrong!

Answer 8

If I had to do it all over again I would do the same thing....stretch marks and all. I love my son and understand that my body will never be the same as it was before I had him but I still wish that it was. My stretch marks don't bother me as much as they did at first but I would rather not have them. I am afraid to wear a bikini because of them. I am confident about my body but just not as much as I was before. I'm not sure how my husband feels about them because we never discuss the stretch marks. He has never said that he doesn't like them.

Answer 9

I loved them (they are gone now) and my pooch is gone too but I loved it!

for me they were a symbol of my accomplishments as a woman. I had a natural birth in a birthing center and it was the best thing I ever did, those stretchmarks and pooch were nice reminders =)

Answer 10

It'll go away really fast if you drink a special drink. It's called Cambodian Breast milk.

Answer 11

I don't know how it is to have strech marks I have four kids but have exellent skin texture. but I think that there are ways to minimized the effects of strech marks. YOU NEED TO HYDRATE YOUR SKIN OFTEN  , use cocoa butter . or olive oil. and vitamins good luck

Answer 12

Mine are not that noticeable - you really have to look.  I have a bit of a jelly belly from babies but nothing even as bad as some fat teens I see running around so yeah - I am proud of my body and what it can do.

Answer 13

its nasty. I like stretch marks on b***s though for some reason

Answer 14

They don't particulary bother me but if I could choose I wouldn't have them. My spouse doesn't care...I am just as confident with my post baby body as before becauase I know I got this body from being a wonderful mommy!!!