Would you put a picture of your mummy tummy on the internet?

[joshandjamie]

Not sure if you read all the recent news reports like this about a new miracle cream that is supposed to get rid of mummy tummies.

The articles say that 'body image anxiety' is the latest issue for mums (like we need another issue).

So a bunch of us have got behind a counter campaign to show that mummy tummies are something to be proud of. We've taken pics of our tummies and posted them online in this gallery along with a quote about how we feel about our tummies.

We're trying to get as many mums as possible to post their pics to demonstrate what real mothers look like underneath their clothes - to help remove the stigma of not having a perfect tummy.

If you love your mummy tummy, please join the campaign.

Hahahahahaha

I think you came to the wrong website

Those tums all look pretty good to me

I'm not proud of my tummy. I'm too fat, and so is DH, and if we don't lose some weight we'll be in trouble. So a no from me too, sorry!

Jesus no. It depresses me on a daily basis. Why would I want to make others cry and fear the belly?

As has been proved on this thread, most of us are willing to admit that our tummies are less than perfect, so I can't see how posting pictures of them on a website will change things for anyone .

I think we're all intelligent enough to work out that most celebrities post baby tummies are not "the norm".

MmeLindt Less of the Dairy milk I will see your Lindt tummy and raise you a Green&Blacks ginger one. [hgrin]

It is not about being brave enough. It is about knowing that our tummies are not pretty and not having to put it up on the net for others to see.

I hate the term Mummytummy. I hate the fact that women are again being reduced to their status as a mother. My tummy belongs to me. I may have carried a couple of babies in there, but it is mine and not theirs.

I am a mother but it does not define my whole being.

Ethel
To be very honest, I normally eat Godiva, but with my (normal) posting name, I thought no one would believe me.

Hmm, Green and Black, yummy.

I would actually swap my tummy for any of the ones on that website. None of them are that bad.

There is no way I would post it on the internet for everyone to see. I find it hard enough showing it to very close people.

Christ on a bike. Not much of a sacrifice to post your stomach on there when half of them have less than an inch to pinch and some look positively toned!

Where's the proper flabby ones?

Well that's it mme.

I don't like the idea of having to be empowered about having non-model bodies any more than I like the idea of women with model bodies being displayed everywhere IYSWIM.

I'm not that fussed about my body TBH - I don't have any major hangups. I don't think that women with major hangups are going to be soothed by looking at yet more women's bodies. Some she will envy, some she will think "phew at least that's worse than me", same as all the other pictures. It's still female flesh on display left right and centre for women to judge themselves against, which is what causes all teh trouble in teh first place.

The idea that women have to display themselves all the time is just bleurgh. Can you imagine a website being set up for older men who are feeling miserable about the way their scrotums are sagging? And asking them to post snaps of said danglers so that they can all feel empowered? No.

LOL - well said ISNT. {grin]

Mummytummy??? What a revolting expression. ANother word for fat.

joshandjamie you obviously mean well but my own view is that this is a bit too simplistic.

To me, it's like saying "we're all fat and damaged let's share that fact, so we all feel better". That does not work for me, and it's nothing to do with celebrity influence.

My stomach looks vile. End of. I don't need to read Heat magazine to know what I see in the mirror. And I don't need to look at other similar stomachs to console myself.

I'm currently waiting for a repair op after developing two 'lady parts' prolapses after two vaginal births of big babies, (11lbs and 9lbs 10oz) - shall I post pictures of my battered fango to celebrate the fact they came out of the 'right' exit (I wish now that they hadn't) or that I had them in the first place?

Errr, no.

Well, G&B is my backup really, if we're talking everyday then this is more like it [hwink]

I´m also one who can´t see the point.

TBH, looking on there has made me feel worse about mine when it hadn´t previously bothered me that much!

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Well I have to say that I am one of the mums who has proudly posted their tummy on this gallery. I am far from 'positively toned' and can certainly 'pinch more than an inch' but this is all due to having 2 children, not bodyweight.

Big boned, small boned, tall, small, fat (not a term I like to use) or thin, if you have had a baby you tend to get a mummy tummy. It's natural and should not be a body anxiety or hang up. Having a mummy tummy is not about having a 'bad' one as Zen puts it or a 'flabby' one, its about showing that like it or not it changes and the way it changes is different for all of us.

Mme - as mothers why are we being 'reduced' in status, I find being a mother highly empowering and am amazed constantly by the number of entreprenurial mothers I meet (not one myself) and simply in my own ability to nuture 2 children, work, have a hubbie, social life etc etc. Show me a man who could do that as well as us!

PortBlacksandsDoppelganger that is definitely closer to what mine looks like too, with a bit of this thrown in for good measure.

Who is going to see it?

I'd like people to start realising there are lots of different tummies out there and they don't all look like the ones in the adverts.

Hi Lady - well I know for a fact that this is being noticed by more mums groups and a parenting magazine is potentially interested.

I have just looked at the tummy gallery and frankly they don't look good. Not trying to be disrespectful, just honest.

Tummy number 17 is just showing off.

halftermhero, you think they don't look good? I am in Mme's corner (or should I say basement?) mine is 200x worse and there is no way I am inflicting that on anyone, let alone my own camera!

Not a chance. They are hardly representative, just a chance to show off a little itsy bitsy bump. Lucky them!