michele grace hottel’s blog

Why do you love your body?
Sponsored by Body by Victoria® from Victoria's Secret.

 

i love my body because it gave birth to my three children. 

i cannot say

that i am one of those people

that "only gained 20 pounds and it was all baby". 

i gained fifty pounds and lost it three times. 

i gave birth to babies that were all well over

8 and a half pounds

"naturally" 

and i breastfed with two parts 

that had become an entity to themselves. 

i didn't immediately get back into shape

and i didn't feel a need to,

i wasn't a victoria's secret model

and they didn't sell nursing bras anyways,

still don't

how about that for a marketing idea?

i had given birth and the babies were all that mattered,

i see these mommy makeovers

plastic surgery

breasts lifted, tummy tucked, liposculpting

and by the way

can i interest you in labiaplasty?

no thanks, had enough sutures there already,

yes, i have scars and i have stretch marks

and now at 44 i wear a bikini

and my body is not a 20 year olds

and my face is not a 20 year olds

and i love it

and i don't love it everyday

because i look in the mirror and

i don't see a perfect image,

we all have those down days,

but this is what it looks like

because my body gave birth to my three children

and i love them.

 

 

 

 

 

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