Positive Bodily Changes After Having a Baby

[BearRabbitPants]

Often as a Mum we're consumed with negative changes to our bodies after having a child, ie. stretch marks, saggy boobs etc ! But how about we list some POSITIVES, changes we actually like? I'll go first, I like my belly button now lol, before it was really small and really 'inny' now it's bigger , flatter, and my belly bar jewel looks much nicer in it! Also this is amusing but since having kids I don't have a lot of time to do my hair (wash blow dry straighten) so it's in MUCH better condition, really long and thick, because it's not being damaged from styling. Could never grow my hair below my shoulders but now it's below my boobs!

My fat belly sags now so I actually look a bit slimmer lol sad but true.

@Rarfy funnily enough I prefer my deflated little boobs to my big perky whoppers! I had HUGE boobs in my 20's and struggled with clothing but since 2 kids have come along they've shrunk 3 cup sizes (just a shame they 'hang' now lol)

I wish I could feel like this. 4 months PP and I'm so miserable with my body ☹️ hoping I feel like you soon.

One thing is nice though actually, not strictly body but as I drank so much water in pregnancy and didn't wear much make up I think my skin is looking really nice 😊

I'm still pregnant, 36 weeks but I've lost a stone from my pre pregnancy weight due to HG so I'm really looking forward to seeing a size 10 again for the first time in 10 years!!

My hips were narrower and I had no bum before. Now I've got a great bum

Designer vagina 😂 I only tore externally and the nurses were excited to make me a "designer vagina", their words 😅

Boobs!
I was a 32a cup before having DD. They were that flat that my nickname at school was Holland. The women on my Dad's side of the family assured me that when I gave birth and breastfed, they would grow. I genuinely thought they were full of shit.
Turns out they were right. At first they were bloody huge. They then calmed down and now, 13 years nearly on, they're a respectable and not at all saggy (yet) 36D.
I was very close to a boob job as it bothered me so much. I think DH was rather pleased too

I completely agree re: hair styling OP. My hair is much nicer now I don't have time to straighten it every day and when I do it looks really shiny and nice.

Also, as my face is a bit more rounded, my emerging wrinkles do look less noticeable.

No idea how, but since having my 3rd baby I orgasm more easily 😳

Not entirely sure that’s what you had in mind but I had to tell SOMEONE 😂

My hips are much wider, which makes my waist look smaller, I'm more of an hourglass shape now.

I don't know if it's the wider hips or my perception of it or something else entirely, but my stomach is flatter now than it used to be. I've always had a bit of a belly pooch, even as a size 6-8 when I was younger. I'm a 12-14 now but happier to wear bodycon dresses than I ever was before.

I always hated my body previously. I spent hours obsessing over my weight and feeling utterly miserable about it. At 4 months postpartum I'm not the size I want to be, but I don't hate my body any more. I feel much more comfortable in my own skin and have a much healthier respect for my body and the things it can do.

I'm quite a bit slimmer than I was pre-pregnancy. Breastfeeding and pushing the pram caused me to lose 3 stone and get ultra toned arms and stomach

Sex is loads better now too - everything feels more sensitive than before.

(My boobs are now a train wreck though )

@NottonightJosepheen I was like a stick, I had no curves at all. Great at the time as I did athletics and competitive dance. Not so great in terms of school bullies and having no shape at all into my twenties.
When I went to my school's ten year reunion, people didn't recognise me. One brave ex-classmate actually suggested I'd had a boob job
I was a size 6 in school and at 15 I was 5'8. I'm now a 14/16, tummy is a bit more wobbly than I'd like but meh, I love to cook.

I have cheekbones now! I look like a little chubby baby in my wedding photos, much more edgily angular now

@PegLegAntoine yep same here! Literally in a third of the time and easily multiples ! Lol. Also before certain positions were off limits as it hurt/didn't feel comfortable but now everything is erm- stretched- lol every position is fair game ha ha!

Bizarrely, my pelvic floor is better. I've always been a bit weak there and it's loads better since I gave birth (14yrs ago). Think I probably just needed pelvic floor exercises all along.
My hair is wavy now and was poker straight before pregnancy.

Sat here feeling humongous and gross in late second pregnancy feeling very hopeful and optimistic reading all these positive posts!

Peg and Bear same here! And after not being interested in pregnancy or while breastfeeding I’m suddenly like a horny teenager again too. DH is delighted!

I'm a few pounds lighter now than I was before my first pregnancy. I've had 3 kids, am a size 8-10.
I think it's a combination of being extra conscious of diet and health, now that I'm a mum, as well as the fact that I walked for miles most days with the pram when they were babies. That and 3 kids is BUSY.

My tummy has some loose skin and stretch marks, but funnily enough, that doesn't bother me at all.

My hair has never fully recovered. I suffered extreme pp hair loss after baby #3

We should be proud of our bodies and what they've done

Larger boobs here too...a couple of cup sizes and that’s moved me from 32C to 32DD. Yes, DH was predictably rather chuffed (but then so am I).

PegLegAntoine same for me; was reading this thread in interest to see if it was only me

I have bigger hips and bum. I’ve always had quite broad shoulders and a smallish waist, so now I’m a bit more in proportion. My chubby cheeks have also slimmed down and I now have CHEEKBONES for the first time ever.

On the negative side, my chest is now ridiculously bony and my boobs look miles apart, no cleavage whatsoever 😂

My boobs got way better after pregnancy and three years of breastfeeding—firmer and fuller. And this is an internal issue, but the horrific periods that plagued me since age 12 lessened in their severity.

Sorry to be crude....but I think pushing 2 babies out shifted the geography “down there” a bit, and now it’s just seems a lot easier for DH to hit the right spot

My body hasn’t changed a huge amount. I have always been a tiny bit overweight and very insecure about it. I thought I would balloon during pregnancy but I didn’t. I’m now 5kg heavier than before and waiting to shift them. But I care less.
I’m not the centre of my world anymore. I don’t have time to worry anymore. Life is fuller and better and richer.