After giving birth, your body is never really the same. Your hips may have widened and you have marks that you never thought you'd have until your tummy grows bigger to occupy a little human. I still have evidence of carrying my son in my tummy. No, it's not the scar below my belly button, that scar is from a key hole surgery back in 2011 when I got my appendix removed but underneath the scar are little white stretch marks, not really visible until you like stare at them but I love them, they are a reminder of the time I had the opportunity to bring a child into this world. This photo was taken a month after giving birth to an 8 pound baby, my son. I remember after I gave birth and showered, I looked at the excess skin that hung because my stomach had deflated. I felt a little sad inside seeing my stomach in that situation but it didn't bother me because the child that lived in there mattered to me most. When I got discharged, my mom encouraged me to use a back support strap which tied around my tummy to push all my insides back to where they were supposed to be. I guess that helped with not having any excess skin hang, along with the exercises. CONFIDENCE. It's the main key to getting through issues such as body changes. If you don't like the way things are, then change them and if you can't, well change your thinking.
- CJM
