I wasn't sure if I wanted to make this video it's definitely opening myself up
to scrutiny there may be people who think that my postpartum belly is gross
just not Hollywood perfect there may be people who think that I'm being a
complainer and that I have nothing to complain about I don't know this is the
internet people can be mean and hate me for a million different reasons and I
hope that there's just at least one person that this video helps in some way
whether my postpartum belly makes them feel really great about their postpartum
belly or maybe it can help them learn to love their postpartum body the way that
I have learned to love my postpartum body but anyone who does want to judge
my postpartum body harshly you can go suck a D because this is a real
untouched by plastic surgery, lasers, CoolSculpting... I don't even know what all
is out there at this point I don't judge anyone who does get plastic surgery by
any means you do you if you're not hurting anyone
I don't care get like a billion plastic surgeries. I guess I guess don't do that
that is probably hurting yourself at a certain point but I don't care what
anyone else does I'm not judging other people I'm just hoping no one's judging
me I haven't done anything other than moisturize with different balms and oils
and that's really it so this is what my postpartum body looks like if this is
your first time coming to my channel I have three-year-old twins and a 1 in 15
month-old baby so my body has definitely had time to recover and I think my body
just is what it is at this point so that is what I'm going to show you today yep
that's what I'm gonna show you today but before we get into it I have to
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the world to me prior to having kids I would say that my stomach was pretty
toned even when I sat down I didn't have much extra skin or rolls or anything
like that I had insecurities here and there about
my body but overall I think I had a pretty healthy body image for a young
girl the journey to my current body started
when I got pregnant with my twins in 2016 in an 8 month period I went from
125 pounds to 200 pounds so no need to pull out your calculators I gained 75
pounds in an eight month period there is quite a lot of stretching that needs to
happen in order for you to gain that much weight and that little time to give
you some context doctors only recommend women pregnant with twins to gain
between 35 to 45 pounds depending on you know where they were starting at the
beginning of their pregnancy my mother-in-law also always like to
remind me that in both of her pregnancy she only gains 20 pounds don't know why
she needed to remind me that every time she saw me but she did I earned a lot of
tiger stripes everywhere in my twin pregnancy and I delivered two perfectly
healthy identical twin boys in September 2016 then when my twins were 14 months
old I got pregnant again with my third baby boy
the twins had stretched me out so much that being pregnant with my third didn't
change my belly at all I didn't get any new stretch marks my skin like my belly
skin didn't feel tight at all it still had more room to give if baby wanted to
keep growing but he came out seven and a half pounds healthy as well so now to
the good part I will show you what my belly looks like after stretching out
for three kids overall I love my body and all that it is done for me giving me
three children I can walk I can run I can do so much I really have nothing to
complain about it's been a process to get to
good place so again if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything
at all if you have something nice to say please leave a comment down below I'm
gonna overlay the video right now you can see it there's from about an inch
above my belly button until all the way down there's little white stretch marks
everywhere and the skin below my belly button and slightly above it is just
very loose so you can see a lot of the stretch marks there they kind of go all
the way around to my back and then the skin is kind of just loose and saggy in
the middle and identical kind of whitish clear stretch marks on the other side as
well
overall I feel like my shape is still pretty much the same it's just the skins
really loose and you can kind of see it where my c-section scar is below the
skin there's so much extra that it almost hangs down a little like I can
lift it up alright I'm jiggling my belly with Spanx and all kinds of different
tricks I can cover up all the extra skin and still make myself look pretty thin
just in regular day to day life wearing regular clothes and I feel like with
high-waisted mom jeans too you can cover up so much of the extra skin and stretch
marks that it I I hope they're in style forever even when they're not in style
I'm still gonna be wearing them and the alot I got these pants at Target the
brand is Knox and Roe's they're amazing I would highly suggest getting some
because the elastic waistband and just the jogging material sucks everything in
so this video I literally just tried to find the least flattering angle possible
and I think I succeeded um you can see kind of the texture of the skin it
loose and there's a lot of stretch marks it I don't think I would ever go under
the knife like a true plastic surgery like a tummy tuck or something
again no judgement for those who do you do you I don't care it doesn't affect me
and I guess I should never say never because I don't know what future 60-year
old me wants speaking as myself in this moment I
don't think I would go under a true knife however I would potentially
consider some sort of laser treatment or I don't know all the stuff that's out
there I've done zero research on it but if the opportunity arose and it was not
expensive and it was pretty much pain free because I'm a total baby and I
don't want to deal with any pain it's not something I would say no to but
again zero research has been done on it so I would need to do extensive research
before I truly stated whether or not I would do something there you have it mom
bod could be better but I think I like most women we have a tendency to pick
ourselves apart and it's just not necessary
there's supermodels out there I'm sure that picked themselves apart actually
probably more than most regular people because it is literally their job to be
be again and I'm sure nine-year old me in the future would kill to have the
body that I have now and I try to remind myself when I start getting negative
body image thoughts that to all the 90 year olds out there I'm rocking it I'm
killing it my body is amazing maybe I should go hang out of old folks homes
more I don't know I guess the moral is is to
appreciate and love the body you have now because it's the only one you got so
if you have a choice to be happy about it or sad about it let's try to be happy
about it and focus on the things to be thankful for I can walk I can run I can
do so much stuff I can create life who cares if my belly jiggles a little I
mean I guess I care a little bit but overall it doesn't affect my life I
wasn't a swimsuit model before having kids or anything even in that realm so
really my life is not affected at all by my belly now other than I wear one-piece
swimsuits when I go to the beach my husband still loves me my friends and
family still love me and my kids don't care they're probably thankful for it
because my belly now is the result of me creating them and it is easier said than
done I acknowledge to love yourself and love your body especially when we're
constantly bombarded by images in the media that just aren't real
it's either people who I mean I guess there is a very very small subset of
people that are just born nearly perfect and good for them that's great but a lot
of the images I think we can all agree on Instagram and on TV and in magazines
they're either people celebrities who have gotten plastic surgeries so they in
a way have an unattainable body without you know going under the knife or they
could go under the knife as many times as they want they're still editing their
pictures to filth and it's just not anywhere near realistic but it's sold to
us as if it is reality so I'm hoping that showing you my belly shows you a
little piece of reality my challenge to you if you are having negative body
image thoughts at all whether you've had kids or not anytime you
a negative thought about your body try to replace that negative thought with
two positive thoughts so for me if I'm being honest I still have negative
thoughts about my stretch marks at times on my body and anytime I have one of
those negative thoughts bubbling up I quickly think about two things I love
about my body to push those negative thoughts down it really has helped me
and I hope it can help you if you're thinking so negatively that you're
feeling depressed or you're doing things that you know are not healthy for your
body please talk to friends family or professional and get further help it's
really important because this is the only body you're ever going to get so
please take care of it if you enjoyed this video please be sure to LIKE and
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