Comments on: Loving the Belly (and droopy boobs) after the Pregnancy http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/07/10/loving-the-belly-after-the-pregnancy/ keep a green tree in your heart, a sky-pointing tree, and perhaps a singing bird will come Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ann ess tah http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/07/10/loving-the-belly-after-the-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-749 ann ess tah Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:10:23 +0000 http://thejoysoftwins.com/?p=624#comment-749 great post dawn. love ya great post dawn. love ya

]]> By: Jooley Ann http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/07/10/loving-the-belly-after-the-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Jooley Ann Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:37:44 +0000 http://thejoysoftwins.com/?p=624#comment-748 Ya know, I turn 40 next year, and I've been very "screw it" about the whole post-PG body. I have a bikini and I wear it. I don't care that my belly had more pooch and wrinkle. And I've had TWO (count 'em!) compliments on my bikini. NOT my BODY, mind you, but my bikini. Good enough! I honestly just DO NOT care. I know my body isn't perfect. It wasn't *before* I had a baby! The funny thing is, where I used to be self-conscious (pre-PG), I sooooo just can't be worried about it all now that I have this delightful, adorable, pistol of a little redhead to chase around. :) That being said, I had only *one* baby(!!), and I totally lucked out & didn't gain much w/ the PG, and by some grace of God (I'm utterly serious), my boobs shrank back to practically the same pre-PG size when I weaned at ~15 months (I was very worried about it). So I don't have much to complain about -- just a run-of-the-mill "mama bod" -- but I still champion the "F*** it!" attitude toward our culture's hyper-critical eye toward the post-partum body. When my daughter and I read "The Belly Button Book" (which we do almost nightly), I whip out my flabby belly and slap my navel with glee. If I don't judge, neither will she. That's what it's all about! :) Ya know, I turn 40 next year, and I’ve been very “screw it” about the whole post-PG body. I have a bikini and I wear it. I don’t care that my belly had more pooch and wrinkle. And I’ve had TWO (count ‘em!) compliments on my bikini. NOT my BODY, mind you, but my bikini. Good enough!

I honestly just DO NOT care. I know my body isn’t perfect. It wasn’t *before* I had a baby! The funny thing is, where I used to be self-conscious (pre-PG), I sooooo just can’t be worried about it all now that I have this delightful, adorable, pistol of a little redhead to chase around. :)

That being said, I had only *one* baby(!!), and I totally lucked out & didn’t gain much w/ the PG, and by some grace of God (I’m utterly serious), my boobs shrank back to practically the same pre-PG size when I weaned at ~15 months (I was very worried about it). So I don’t have much to complain about — just a run-of-the-mill “mama bod” — but I still champion the “F*** it!” attitude toward our culture’s hyper-critical eye toward the post-partum body.

When my daughter and I read “The Belly Button Book” (which we do almost nightly), I whip out my flabby belly and slap my navel with glee. If I don’t judge, neither will she. That’s what it’s all about! :)

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