Meghan Boggs is a blogger from Dallas (United States), who ten months ago saw her dream of becoming a mother come true for the first time. The pregnancy came after two years of intense physical exercise and a change in lifestyle habits to fight overweight I had, and that initially hindered his desire to get pregnant.
During pregnancy Megham took about 30 kilos, and this fact marked him deeply during the postpartum period, in which he admitted feeling alone and misunderstood when he showed his body as it had been after gestating life. Therefore, decided to carry out a movement in social networks in which he claims to give visibility to the postpartum body, be that as it may, encouraging other mothers to join their initiative.
"This is the postpartum"
The history of this blogger goes back to 2014, when she decided to get pregnant for the first time. It was then that doctors warned him that being overweight would hinder his desire to become a mother, and this led Meghan to initiate a strict training plan and changes in her life habits.
In his blog he narrates naturally as was that process of change, the kilos he lost and the self-confidence that this earned him. But best of all was that so much sacrifice brought reward, and in the spring of 2017 her first daughter was born.
However, during pregnancy Meghan returned to recover all the weight she lost in two years of intense work, and at the moment, neither postpartum physical exercise nor her efforts are helping her to recover her figure.
When he wanted to talk about it in one of his Instagram posts, and show his body as it had been, he felt lonely and misunderstood, and immediately realized that it is necessary to talk more about the postpartum body, to accept it and learn to love it, because it has been able to create a life.
And this feeling inspired him to create a movement in social networks called "This Is Postpartum" ("This is the postpartum"), in which he asked for the collaboration of any mother who wanted to share his experience with his postpartum body with the world. After the appeal there were many women who decided to join this initiative, and since the video was published (approximately two weeks ago) there are already more than 80 thousand views.
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"A few months ago I published a postpartum photo similar to this for the first time. It was the scariest thing I did, and definitely had very violent reactions and comments. I just wanted to feel comfortable with my own skin and show my own postpartum reality, although the truth is that I felt very alone in those moments "
"I quickly realized why big moms like me didn't openly share this issue on social media. I knew there would be criticism, but it was important for me, and for other women like me, to share my story, post the photos and talk about it. Because this is postpartum. "
"So, at the beginning of the summer I decided to approach other mothers and ask them to share their stories with me. Mothers of all sizes and shapes who have raised their voices with me, proving that each experience is different and that we are not alone."
"Some women have shared their history for the first time, and others have been doing it for a long time. But all experiences are important and normal, within the broad spectrum covered by the postpartum. Let's embrace our postpartum bodies together: whether it is large, full of loose skin, with stretch marks or with scars. Everything is postpartum. Everything has a reason. Everything is part of you. And you, mom, you are worthy. "
"Use the hashtag #thisispostpartum and # thisisPostpartum and share your story. Be part of this project and join the mission of helping to change the narrative of postpartum bodies. "
The importance of loving your postpartum body
The woman's body changes a lot during pregnancy. The organs move and the uterus expands to house a new life. We women are excited about these changes and we are very excited to look tummy. But when our baby is born and we finally have him in his arms, the image of our body that throws the mirror at us can be very different from what we had imagined.
Sometimes the gut is still there, stretch marks are marked more than ever and the muscles seem limp and sagging. In others, however, this is not the case and the woman manages to regain her silhouette and the weight she had before pregnancy.
But it is important to remember that in all cases, the body has gone through a wonderful and sometimes difficult transformation, and that is why we must learn to accept and value it.This type of initiative is not new, and many mothers have taken advantage of the pull of social networks to send their messages of support to other women in full postpartum. Because it is important to break stereotypes, and to be able to talk (or if you want, also show) with the naturalness of the body, celebrating the beauty and happiness of motherhood.
