Wearing a belly after being a mother is a matter that many women do not even consider. You may have worn a bikini throughout your life and suddenly it goes to the swimsuit of a piece. That shame to show signs in our body after motherhood It coats many women, often encouraged by the usual Photoshop in the images of recent moms that come to us through the media.
That is why, when someone breaks the rules and says: "Here I am, without Photoshop, I am real and I am not ashamed of it" it is so successful and it becomes a viral phenomenon. It is what has happened with the image that Rachel Hollis, a mother of three children, aged eight, six and two years, has uploaded on her Facebook and that in a few days she has achieved about 500,000 likes and has been shared more than 60,000 times .
This is the message that the woman left on the social network and that has become viral and everything a plea to pride for one's own body after motherhood:
I have stretch marks and wear a bikini. I have a belly that is permanently limp for carrying three giant babies and I wear a bikini. My belly button is sunk ... (which is something I didn't even know was possible!) And I wear a bikini. I wear a bikini because I am proud of this body and every trace on it. Those tracks prove that I was blessed enough to carry my babies and that limp belly means I worked hard to lose the weight I could. I wear a bikini because the only man whose opinion matters to me knows what I went through to look like this. That same man says he has never seen anything sexier than my body, with brands and everything. They are not scars, women, they are brands and they have earned them. Lucid that body with pride! #HollisHoliday.
I believe that part of that success that the image has had is that the girl looks really good, true that there is a certain sagging of your abdomen but stretch marks are not noticeable, it seems that it has an adequate weight and I think that many mothers are represented in their body and in their claim. Would the image have been so shared if the mother was overweight or the accumulation of fat or stretch marks were evident? I do not think so and I would certainly have received derogatory comments.
We don't forget that Rachel Hollis also takes pride in effort he has made to regain his weight (and that evidently he has achieved, although miracles cannot be performed in certain areas) and that it is not I who will criticize because it is a sign of good health to maintain himself in an adequate way. But do we live too conditioned by the cult of the body? What happens if we keep a few extra pounds? Can you not recover the figure after delivery and be healthy?
On the other hand, personally, that I identify with the girl in almost everything she comments, I think it would have saved me the mention of the "only man whose opinion I care about" because I think if we have to fight or "suffer" to recover an adequate weight is for ourselves without the need of what others say, even when it comes to the person you are in love with, because in this way we are somewhat dependent on the "what will they say". But come on, these are my thoughts ...
We return to what is claimed in this image and with what I agree. That recent moms have a belly and that changes in the body during pregnancy cannot be eliminated just two months after giving birth as Vogue claims. This, especially in the belly area, which is probably the one that changes most during pregnancy.
Losing kilos may be easy for some women but for others it will be a real effort. Therefore, although I do not look at the bellies on the beach (except if they are pregnant, I can not help it!) I think many mothers are identified with the appearance of this girl How much success he is having and with his words. In fact, many of them are confirming it with their comments to the image and uploading their own photos without retouching.
So in general I agree with what you claim the mother of three children who, why not, poses in a bikini looking kind and without Photoshop, proud of her body after motherhood, like many other mothers who may already get tired of having to hide for nothing. And you, are you still wearing a bikini after having children?
