June 18, 2011

  • Body image issues = semi-resolved.

    Ok, so this will seem ridiculous to a lot of you but this is somewhat momentous for me.

    Are you ready?

    I BOUGHT A TWO PIECE BATHING SUIT.

    It is the first one I have ever owned. Including before my body was destroyed by babies.

    You see this? MY BELLY IS TOTALLY COVERED. This is fabulous because, frankly, my belly had to go through this:

    I don't know if you can see clearly what's happening in this picture but that would be FOURTEEN POUNDS OF BABIES PLUS ACCESSORIES stuffed under my shirt there.

    Think I'm like ten months pregnant in this picture? TRY 34 WEEKS. 

    On top of it, I had a C-section to remove said 14 lbs of babies and when you go and have your stomach muscles cut, things don't exactly resume their normal shape that easily. (They don't bother to mention that to you when they sell you on the whole "quick removal" method at the hospital, by the way.)

    Oh yeah, then I got pregnant AGAIN.

    This time I got off easy with only one almost 10 pound baby but STILL. COME ON.

    If ever I had hope of having my belly go back to normal, it was shattered with this second stretching because really, your skin is just not meant to do things like this.

    So the fact that I found and can actually wear a two piece that covers my poor damaged belly is pretty big. Historically, I've been pretty self conscious my whole life, so I'm sort of inordinately happy about this whole bikini thing. I mean, someone actually went ahead and designed some bathing suits that are cute and modest and don't just let everything hang out. Fabulous! You can still see some of the wrinkles at the top of my midsection but you know what, OH WELL. I had babies and you can tell.

    Although, I'm happy that in this suit, you can only tell just a little bit.

    This suit and a BUNCH of other super adorable and mommy-friendly suits available at ModCloth.

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