(Heather Marcoux/ Motherly) — For a long time the first photo the public would see of a celebrity who’d recently given birth was a carefully staged, lit and edited bikini photo under headlines about how she “got her body back.” But today, celebs are turning the tables on this old trope, sharing their bodies and stories on their terms through social media.
We love this trend so much.
We love it because it helps postpartum mamas accept and love their own reflections, and because the next generation of moms won’t grow up thinking that bumps disappear within days, and will know there is nothing wrong with them when the bump (and the stretch marks and scars) sticks around.
Check out these celebrity mamas who are honestly sharing their postpartum experience (and taking the pressure off the rest of us). (…)